Day One of the Writers' Block course at the primary school!!! Today's lesson is about Failure. The kiddies have to write a time in which they failed either via prose, poetry or however their hyper minds decide. Without failure there is no success...or something in which covers disappointment haha - but seriously. Being aspiring writers, … Continue reading Epic Fails
Author: Beck Borona
Appreciating Sleeping Beauty
Since 15 February a Disney Princess marathon has taken place in Perth. So of course I've gone mental. The first weekend was Beauty and the Beast which is one of my personal favourites and yesterday was Sleeping Beauty. Sleeping Beauty I haven't seen since I was a kid so to see it as an adult … Continue reading Appreciating Sleeping Beauty
Review: The Taker
Alma Katsu, The Taker, London, Century, 2011, 438 p. I really had no idea what to expect from this story. Picking it up for around $5 at Planet Books in their end of financial year clearance sale, it goes to show how affective a really solid, eye-catching cover does for a curious spender. Black, silver … Continue reading Review: The Taker
Review: Saving Mr Banks
I walked into the cinema, already endeared. I walked out heavy of heart with a new perspective. When you're a child you don't think about how stories came to be; we just take them as they are all starry eyed and grinning ear to ear. The tale of how the uptight appearing P.L. Travers came … Continue reading Review: Saving Mr Banks
Review: The Scrivener’s Tale
Fiona McIntosh, The Scrivener's Tale, Sydney, Harper Voyager, 2012, 499 p. What unexpectedly started as one ordinary man named Gabe working - and emotionally hiding - in Paris, McIntosh throws the audience and Gabe into another dimension where we find yet another one of her in depth faraway lands. Morgravia. It is then we leave … Continue reading Review: The Scrivener’s Tale
Beck Borona 