Hi all, home from book day at Stella's where Margaret, Ros, Moy, Sue, Stella and I talked about Dreams of Speaking and lots of other things. We admired the language, specially the descriptions - eg of Perth, though Moy was a bit annoyed by the poetics. We quite enjoyed the book except Ros, who thought it was weak, but not enough to get into an argument about! So while we found quite a bit to like, discussion flagged and couldn't compete with Stellas 3 cakes, and Pat Rayner's letter to the Editor and her municipal gift of bantam eggs.

Anyway, the July book is at Ros's house - the Sophie Gee re Alexander Pope: The Scandal of the Season.

And the August book is the new Miles Franklin winner, Carpentaria by Alexis Wright. Here is a brief SMH review:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/book-reviews/carpentaria/2006/09/18/1158431619821.html