Annabel Smith – JENNY ACKLAND AUTHOR

A plan, a plan

August 21, 2021December 23, 2025by Jenny May Ackland5 Comments

I love this hat which I saw on twitter or somewhere else recently. It's an octopus hat, right? Not a squid hat... I have been working on an idea to try to have this blog updated more frequently. My blogging history (started in 2005 with looooong posts with few readers) means that I have the [...]

Bad Diaries Salon, Literary events, Reading

Perth #REGRETS

October 3, 2017December 23, 2025by Jenny May Ackland5 Comments

Well it was a fabulous night. We all read from our diaries. Because of the rule that we don't record on the night and try to create that safe, intimate space, I won't talk about what others read. I will say that all were funny, brilliant and thoughtful. There was some tragedy, delivered in mocking [...]

Books, Fiction, Reading

Interview with author Annabel Smith about her new book THE ARK (and some other stuff)

October 25, 2014November 1, 2014by Jenny May Ackland2 Comments

Let me tell you a bit about writer Annabel Smith. I first 'met' her on twitter, and then I met her for real earlier this year when I went to Perth for the writers festival. I think I went galloping down to her in one of the tiered venues, after she was on a panel, [...]

Books, Reading

Annabel Smith’s Friday Faves

May 12, 2014May 12, 2014by Jenny May AcklandLeave a Comment

Author Annabel Smith asked me if I'd appear on her Friday Faves regular feature over at her blog. She invites bookish people to share one of their favourite books and explain a bit about the book and their connection to it. it's a terrific feature and I was really happy to be asked. I have [...]

Friday wrap with lettuce

Friday wrap, with lettuce

May 2, 2014May 2, 2014by Jenny May AcklandLeave a Comment

Here is a collection of the little bits and pieces that caught my eye on twitter and facebook recently. Starting with a picture that I loved: It's a garden in Wales. Look how beautiful it is. Then there were a couple of David Foster Wallace pieces. I admit to being a little obsessed with him, [...]

Festivals, Fiction, Learning

PWF14 catch-up: Fallen Women with Hannah Kent, Evie Wyld & Annabel Smith

March 19, 2014March 20, 2014by Jenny May Ackland2 Comments

What a line-up! This session started with Annabel-tech-guru-Smith encouraging the audience to live tweet, and gives us the panel members twitter handles. (@HannahFKent and @eviewyld if you're interested. Annabel's is @AnnabelSmithAUS.) Hannah spoke first about Agnes, the protagonist in her dark, evocative Burial Rites. Hannah said she wrestled with the idea of whether Agnes was [...]