http://maggieball.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Magdalena Ball en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:59:47 GMT 2009-12-30T10:59:47Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956415 The $21 Challenge By Fiona Lippey & Jackie Gower Simplesavings.com.au ISBN: 978-0-9806533-0-4 paperback, 288 pages We spend about $300 a week on groceries and the figure seems to be growing . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:23:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956415 Magdalena Ball 2009-12-21T05:23:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955938 Small Poisons by Catherine Edmunds Circaidy Gregory Press £9.50, ISBN 978-1-906451-16-5, Nov 2009 There are fairies at the bottom of the garden…and that’s only the start. A . . . Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:16:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955938 Magdalena Ball 2009-12-20T21:16:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937576 The Infinities by John Banville Picador ISBN: 9780330513210, Trade Paperback, October 2009, 256 page/s, $32.99 AUD On the surface of it, The Infinities is a simple story, set, like Joyce’s . . . Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:03:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937576 Magdalena Ball 2009-12-08T21:03:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937556 The Infinities by John Banville Picador ISBN: 9780330513210, Trade Paperback, October 2009, 256 page/s, $32.99 AUD On the surface of it, The Infinities is a simple story, set, like Joyce’s . . . Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:59:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937556 Magdalena Ball 2009-12-08T20:59:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977916230 ABC Delicious quick smart cook by Valli Little ABC Books (division of HarperCollins) IBSN 9780733326028, November 2009, ARP $39.95aud If you've got a family that needs cooking for everyday, . . . Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:11:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977916230 Magdalena Ball 2009-11-24T21:11:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977861024 It’s Useful to Have a Duck It's useful to have a boy Isol Allen & Unwin ISBN 978-1-74237-2211, 32pages, November 2009, AUD $14.99 This gorgeous little double sided board book . . . Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:11:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977861024 Magdalena Ball 2009-10-20T04:11:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977811091 What Came Between By Patrick Cullen Scribe ISBN: 9781921372889, paperback, Aug 2009, RRP: $27.95 There’s a delicate and quiet power in Patrick Cullen’s stories. As the title suggests, . . . Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:53:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977811091 Magdalena Ball 2009-09-13T22:53:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977799632 Why She Loves Him By Wendy James UWA Publishing May 2009, 240pp, PB, ISBN: 9781921401190 There’s something rather compulsive about the short story form. Perhaps it’s because you . . . Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:00:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977799632 Magdalena Ball 2009-09-04T06:00:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977780551 Hancock's Half Hour - The Very Best Episodes: Vol. 3 2 Audio CD Set $30.95, Released May 2007, ISBN / Catalogue Number: 9780563504139 Some things don’t date. This isn’t often the case . . . Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:59:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977780551 Magdalena Ball 2009-08-20T00:59:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977768514 Fast Ed’s Dinner in 10: Cook simple, stylish food in 10 minutes flat By Ed Halmagyi http://www.fast-ed.com.au/ Ebury Press (Random House) ISBN 978-1741668797, Aug 3, 2009 If you were to . . . Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:45:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977768514 Magdalena Ball 2009-08-10T04:45:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977765971 Nothing to be Frightened Of by Julian Barnes Random House ISBN: 9780099523741, 1/07/09, paperback Julian Barnes isn’t exactly afraid of death, but it’s not a condition he aspires . . . Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:24:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977765971 Magdalena Ball 2009-08-07T06:24:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977754161 The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan Text Publishing 30 March 2009, Paperback , 304 pages, ISBN-13: 9781921520198, rrp$32.95aud The Earth Hums in B Flat is one of those books that eases . . . Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:15:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977754161 Magdalena Ball 2009-07-28T22:15:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977753030 A Journey, A Reckoning and A Miracle By K.J. Fraser O Books Paperback: 400 pages, May 25, 2009, ISBN-13: 978-1846942068 http://jrmstory.com/ It’s late 2008. George Bush has retired from . . . Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:37:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977753030 Magdalena Ball 2009-07-28T01:37:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977748760 Crazy Hair By Neil Gaiman Illustrated by Dave McKean Bloomsbury (distributed in Australia by Allen and Unwin) ISBN: 9780747595267, June 2009, Hardcover, 40pages, AUD $27.99 On his website and . . . Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:04:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977748760 Magdalena Ball 2009-07-24T07:04:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977731854 Get Published Secrets By Dale Beaumont www.getpublishedsecrets.com Get Published Secrets isn’t a book as such; it’s more of a kit. Most of the information is contained in 8 DVDs, . . . Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:36:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977731854 Magdalena Ball 2009-07-08T07:36:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977729170 The Darwin Poems By Emily Ballou UWA Press Paperback, ISBN 9781921401275, May 2009, $24.95aud Though structured and presented as a kind of biography, The Darwin Poems isn’t really a biography . . . Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:47:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977729170 Magdalena Ball 2009-07-04T21:47:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977720672 Sold By Brendan Gullifer Sleepers Publishing Paperback, 357 pages, ISBN: 9781740667340, April 2009, RRP: $24.95 In his launch speech for Sold , author Brendan Gullifer says that his book is about . . . Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:32:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977720672 Magdalena Ball 2009-06-24T23:32:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977718045 Annabel Karmel’s Complete Family Meal Planner By Annabel Karmel Ebury Press ISBN 9780091932190, $35aud, July 2009, hardcover http://www.annabelkarmel.com Annabel Karmel is the maven of . . . Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:17:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977718045 Magdalena Ball 2009-06-22T07:17:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977711176 Will You Love Me Tomorrow by Danny Gillan Discovered Authors ISBN-13: 978-1905108633, Dec 2008, Paperback How could you not love a book that opens in the midst of a first person narrated suicide . . . Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:41:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977711176 Magdalena Ball 2009-06-14T23:41:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977708883 The Book of Grandparents: A Celebration of a Very Special Kind of Love ABC Books Paperback, 176 pages, AUD $27.95, ISBN: 9780733324673, March 2009 The Book of Grandparents: A Celebration of . . . Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:48:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977708883 Magdalena Ball 2009-06-12T06:48:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977701742 Breath By Tim Winton Penguin 29 April 2009, ISBN: 9780143009580, RRP: $24.95, Paperback , 268 pages One of the hallmarks of Tim Winton’s work is the way he seems to achieve a sparse poetic . . . Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:43:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977701742 Magdalena Ball 2009-06-04T21:43:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977681346 Talking Heads By Alan Bennett BBC Audio 6 Audio CD Set, rrp $59.95, 2008 Alan Bennett is something of an institution in Britain, known for the way in which he can encapsulate a world . . . Wed, 13 May 2009 07:12:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977681346 Magdalena Ball 2009-05-13T07:12:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977680058 The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything by Lou Aronica and Ken Robinson Penguin (Allen Lane) 24 February 2009, Hardback , 288 pages RRP: $45.00 ISBN-13: 9781846141966 Like . . . Mon, 11 May 2009 22:01:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977680058 Magdalena Ball 2009-05-11T22:01:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977679306 Valley of Grace by Marion Halligan Allen & Unwin ISBN:9781741756944, 247 p, Trade paper, March 2009, RRP $29.95 Like it’s delicate burnished cover, Valley of Grace has . . . Mon, 11 May 2009 02:14:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977679306 Magdalena Ball 2009-05-11T02:14:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977665419 The Greatest Moving Abroad Tips in the world By Lorraine Mace The Greatest in the World Ltd ISBN 978-1905151-47-9, £8.99, hardback, Oct 2008 It has been a long time since I’ve moved abroad. . . . Sat, 25 Apr 2009 04:42:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977665419 Magdalena Ball 2009-04-25T04:42:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977652905 Lemniscate by Gaynor McGrath Transit Lounge Publishing 409 pp, $29.95 AU Trade paperback, ISBN 9780980461633, November 2008 Verisimilitude is one thing, but Gaynor McGrath’s novel Lemniscate . . . Sat, 11 Apr 2009 10:18:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977652905 Magdalena Ball 2009-04-11T10:18:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977647389 The Snowing and Greening of Thomas Passmore By Paul Burman PaperBooks Publishing Paperback: 304 pages, 30 Aug 2008, ISBN-13: 978-0955109478 One of the great joys of reviewing is happening upon . . . Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:59:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977647389 Magdalena Ball 2009-04-05T22:59:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977645893 House of Meetings by Martin Amis Jonathan Cape Hardcover, 256pages, $39.95rrp Martin Amis’ prose is a distinctive combination of droll black humour mingled with near purple theatrics. It’s . . . Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:46:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977645893 Magdalena Ball 2009-04-03T22:46:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977633133 A Partisan’s Daughter by Louis de Bernières Vintage (Random House Australia) March 2009, $23.95aud, softcover, ISBN 9780099520283 Chris is a man in classic midlife crisis. His marriage is . . . Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:49:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977633133 Magdalena Ball 2009-03-21T20:49:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977618790 The Enchantress of Florence By Salman Rushdie Vintage ISBN: 9780099421924 Paperback, Jan 2009 (new release), RRP $24.95aud The Enchantress of Florence opens at dusk, with the arrival of . . . Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:19:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977618790 Magdalena Ball 2009-03-09T23:19:38Z