tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916640680794365241.post5046008518120511452..comments2023-09-10T19:29:28.614+10:00Comments on Bait For Bookworms: Bonkers in The Balkans: I Hate Martin Amis Et Al by Peter BarryThe Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09438661852327001822noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916640680794365241.post-72477555603328485862011-06-24T08:46:05.317+10:002011-06-24T08:46:05.317+10:00I wish I had a good answer... I think it's som...I wish I had a good answer... I think it's some kind of cultural cringe that was drilled into me at school thanks to the godawful Australian books they forced down our throats. I have been slowly trying to rectify this and am now a lot more amenable to reading Australian authors (perhaps the realisation that, should I ever publish, I too will become one had something to do with it). Interestingly, when I reread my set school texts last year, I realised that a couple of them were really great (The Harp in The South stands out in particular).The Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09438661852327001822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916640680794365241.post-76209645725559928842011-06-22T08:24:01.103+10:002011-06-22T08:24:01.103+10:00Just curious, why do you have a 'natural avers...Just curious, why do you have a 'natural aversion' to OzLit?Lisa Hillhttp://anzlitlovers.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com