novels set in Sydney...

There is the almost forgotten novel 'Kangaroo' (1923) by D.H.Lawrence. It was adapted as a film ('Kangaroo') in 1983 starring Colin Friels + Judy Davis. Another is Patrick White's 'The Eye of the Storm'.

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 27, 2021

'Csardas' rocked my world...

'Csardas' by Diane Pearson rocked my world when I was in my early 20's. The novel explores the life of a fictional bourgeois Hungarian Jewish family during WWI and WWII.

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) July 3, 2021

'A Theatre for Dreamers'...

4 of 5 stars to A Theatre for Dreamers by Polly Samson https://t.co/ptKuAKHCFK

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 14, 2021

MY POETIC REVIEW of 'A Theatre for Dreamers' by Polly Samson

sunny island days
intent on keeping
the Cold War at bay
(at least
the political Cold War)
other wars were
simmering
brewing
but where there's
sea
sun
ouzo
stars and
a slice of moon.......https://t.co/szjNtO2yNC

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 14, 2021

Arundhati Roy...

Arundhati Roy - Loved her first novel...'The God of Small Things' (2008) - wisdom gowned in beautifully lyrical expression.
But AR is more than just a novelist...She questions political and cultural moralities... Her 'sharp pen is unafraid to rock the boat'. https://t.co/1BXPfqgfRU pic.twitter.com/Dq6GAlevTG

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) December 4, 2020

'An Artist of the Floating World'...

Love this p.180 quote - “Sensei, it is my belief that in such troubled times as these, artists must learn to value something more tangible than those pleasurable things that disappear with the morning light." https://t.co/TDOil9u3Rs pic.twitter.com/DaAP6p1hZK

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) October 22, 2020