The starting point this month is After Story by Larissa Behrent, who is an indigenous Australian author.
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One of Larissa Behrendt's upcoming projects is a take on Pride and Prejudice, told through the lens of an indigenous woman. I first heard about this at a reader event I attended earlier this year when I met Dr Anita Heiss who who is the Publisher at Large of Bundyi imprint of Simon and Schuster publishing which will be publishing this book. My first connection this month is therefore Anita Heiss's latest novel DIRRAYAWADHA, which means Rise Up in the Wurundjeri language!
The reader event was organised by Rachael Johns so my next choice is The Other Bridget which is her latest book.
I don't know about you but I hear the name Bridget and the first book I think of is Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding.
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Recently I read a book called A Love Letter to Paris by Rebecca Raisin. The main character, sells old letters and diaries from her market stall in Paris
My next choice is Letters from Sky by Jessica Brockmole. Whilst I chose this because of the word letters, we were also in Scotland a couple of weeks ago and we visited Skye!
My last choice has a Scottish connection as well. Recently I read The Stolen Hours by Karen Swan which is the second book in the Wild Isle trilogy. This tells the story of the people who were forced to leave the island of St Kilda back in 1930. The book tells us about the lead up to the evacuation but also then what happened after they had left the island. Which I guess means that it is a before and after story, which links it to the starting book this month. In my mind at least!
Next month our starting point is Long Island by Colm Toibin.
I remember enjoying Letters from Skye and I am envious you made it there on your trip!
ReplyDeleteI think you must have recommended Karen Swan. I read two with Christmas in the title but this series sounds even better!
To be honest I wish we could have spent more time on Skye! Just means we will have to go back again!
DeleteYes, well, Bridget Jones is also a Pride and Prejudice retelling, so that works well. As for the starter book, it doesn't interest me, but I'd be interested in her version of P&P! Lovely chain, and Brockmole... OMG, such an excellent book! I really must read more of her books.
ReplyDeleteGreat chain with all new to me titles other than Bridget Jones. A Love Letter to Paris is very appealing!
ReplyDeleteNice work. While the story had some problems (how did she keep those letters and postcards secret in a village post office on Skye) I still liked it
ReplyDeleteGreat chain! I haven't read anything by Karen Swan yet, but I like the sound of the Wild Isle trilogy.
ReplyDeleteBridget Jones certainly is the first Bridget to pop in my mind when I hear that name too, that was a fun book, I had to read it in Uni but liked it :) Oh I love that you got to visit Skye, I'd love to visit it one day! Great chain :)
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