Comments on: Helen Garner: The Spare Room http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/29/helen-garner-the-spare-room/ a literary handout Thu, 17 May 2012 10:45:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: booklit http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/29/helen-garner-the-spare-room/#comment-13444 booklit Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:41:52 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/29/helen-garner-the-spare-room/#comment-13444 [...] The Spare Room, Helen Garner [...] […] The Spare Room, Helen Garner […]

]]> By: Stewart http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/29/helen-garner-the-spare-room/#comment-12789 Stewart Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:28:39 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/29/helen-garner-the-spare-room/#comment-12789 Absence makes the heart grow fonder, I suppose. An eighteen year hiatus worked for Marilynne Robinson when <em>Gilead</em> scooped the Pulitzer a few years back. Why shouldn't it work for Garner? Seriously, it's good to see the book getting some recognition, even if it is on home soil. I'd have liked to see it on the Booker, but what's done is done, and after sampling most titles on that list, I'm done with that. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, I suppose. An eighteen year hiatus worked for Marilynne Robinson when Gilead scooped the Pulitzer a few years back. Why shouldn’t it work for Garner?

Seriously, it’s good to see the book getting some recognition, even if it is on home soil. I’d have liked to see it on the Booker, but what’s done is done, and after sampling most titles on that list, I’m done with that.

]]> By: Andrea on behalf of Canongate Books http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/29/helen-garner-the-spare-room/#comment-12777 Andrea on behalf of Canongate Books Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:29:17 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/29/helen-garner-the-spare-room/#comment-12777 It's also won the Queensland Premier's Literary Award for Fiction. They are loving her! It’s also won the Queensland Premier’s Literary Award for Fiction. They are loving her!

]]> By: Stewart http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/29/helen-garner-the-spare-room/#comment-11355 Stewart Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:48:29 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/29/helen-garner-the-spare-room/#comment-11355 Helen Garner's <em>The Spare Room</em> has won the Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction at the <a href="http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/index.html" title="Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2008" rel="nofollow">Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2008</a>. Helen Garner’s The Spare Room has won the Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction at the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2008.

]]> By: Tom Cunliffe http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/29/helen-garner-the-spare-room/#comment-10169 Tom Cunliffe Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:18:49 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/29/helen-garner-the-spare-room/#comment-10169 A very good review - reminds me of the Bristol Cancer Centre debacle of a few years ago - it was found that alternative cancer treatments actually make the patient worse and hasten death. Thanks for blogging on this one A very good review - reminds me of the Bristol Cancer Centre debacle of a few years ago - it was found that alternative cancer treatments actually make the patient worse and hasten death. Thanks for blogging on this one

]]> By: booklit » Blog Archive » Man Booker Prize 2008 - Longlist Announced http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/29/helen-garner-the-spare-room/#comment-10122 booklit » Blog Archive » Man Booker Prize 2008 - Longlist Announced Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:17:40 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2008/07/29/helen-garner-the-spare-room/#comment-10122 [...] and Toltz. And even the lure of a sixteen year hiatus wasn’t enough for Helen Garner’s The Spare Room to see her onto the [...] […] and Toltz. And even the lure of a sixteen year hiatus wasn’t enough for Helen Garner’s The Spare Room to see her onto the […]

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