tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054138342151796467.post7322370957047061661..comments2023-07-17T22:58:18.625+09:30Comments on Read, Think, Write: Miles Franklin shortlistKerryn Goldsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054138342151796467.post-80016192212186176012010-04-21T17:30:27.924+09:302010-04-21T17:30:27.924+09:30no science in this (still haven't read anythin...no science in this (still haven't read anything, still blushing), but I'm barracking for Sonya Hartnett for purely emotional reasons.<br><br>word verification says commandThirdCathttp://adelaidefromadelaide.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054138342151796467.post-61498175390420881542010-04-21T22:50:32.040+09:302010-04-21T22:50:32.040+09:30I'd love Sonya to win it.I'd love Sonya to win it.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054138342151796467.post-66714558213312109022010-04-22T13:11:04.594+09:302010-04-22T13:11:04.594+09:30Reckon Temple oughta be recognised as the canny an...Reckon Temple oughta be recognised as the canny and accessible writer that he is. I'd happily walk a Miles Franklin in his gumshoes.<br><br>(His Jack Irish stories on CD have kept us sane on many a boring car drive from point A to point Less.)Lord Sedgwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13896041676969028157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054138342151796467.post-80069231682877731932010-04-22T13:51:07.871+09:302010-04-22T13:51:07.871+09:30I think if he was going to win it, he would have w...I think if he was going to win it, he would have won it for <i>The Broken Shore</i>, and that was published a bit too early in the process of accepting crime fiction into the mix. Not that I don't think <i>Truth</i> is terrific too, but <i>The Broken Shore</i> had that certain magical <i>je ne sais quois</i>.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054138342151796467.post-72539742965169877662010-04-22T14:10:28.142+09:302010-04-22T14:10:28.142+09:30So exactly what do you mean when you says "je...So exactly what do you mean when you says <i>"je ne sais quois"? </i> <br><br>Sorry, my evil alter ego made me say that, then ran away leaving even moi perplexed.Lord Sedgwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13896041676969028157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054138342151796467.post-66519870411599432992010-04-22T20:01:18.510+09:302010-04-22T20:01:18.510+09:30Um, quoi.Miss Muetzelfeldt (Adelaide Gilrs' Hi...Um, quoi.<br><br>Miss Muetzelfeldt (Adelaide Gilrs' High Matric French class 1970, all twelve of us) would have <i>hysterics</i> if she saw that.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054138342151796467.post-62006243296498810112010-04-22T20:03:30.789+09:302010-04-22T20:03:30.789+09:30Um, Girls'.Fortunately I didn't do Typing ...Um, Girls'.<br><br>Fortunately I didn't do Typing at school, or another dear-departed teacher would be joining Mitzi in hysterics in heaven.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.com