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- Jen
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Mother of three, working full time in the Education industry, always wishing I had more time. Crafting is my hobby. I do what I can, when I can.
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- 2010 The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
- 2009 Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
- 2008 The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
- 2007 The Gathering by Anne Enright
- 2006 The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
- 2005 The Sea by John Banville
- 2004 The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
- 2003 Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre
- 2002 Life of Pi by Yann Martel
- 2001 True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
- 2000 The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
- 1999 Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee
- 1998 Amsterdam: A Novel by Ian McEwan
- 1997 The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
- 1996 Last Orders by Graham Swift
- 1995 The Ghost Road by Pat Barker
- 1994 How Late It Was, How Late by James Kelman
- 1993 Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle
- 1992 The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (co-winner)
- 1992 Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth (co-winner)
- 1991 The Famished Road by Ben Okri
- 1990 Possession: A Romance by A. S. Byatt
- 1989 The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
- 1988 Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey
- 1987 Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively
- 1986 The Old Devils by Kingsley Amis
- 1985 The Bone People by Keri Hulme
- 1984 Hotel Du Lac by Anita Brookner
- 1983 Life & Times of Michael K by J. M. Coetzee
- 1982 Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally
- 1981 Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
- 1980 Rites of Passage by William Golding
- 1979 Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald
- 1978 The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch
- 1977 Staying on by Paul Scott
- 1976 Saville by David Storey
- 1975 Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- 1974 The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer
- 1973 The Siege of Krishnapur by J. G. Farrell
- 1972 G. by John Berger
- 1971 In a Free State by V. S. Naipaul
- 1970 The Elected Member by Bernice. Rubens
- 1969 Something to Answer For by P. H. Newby
4 comments:
Thanks for sharing this. I really loved reading it, and it sparked a whole bunch of thoughts for me (which I wrote about on my blog, so as not to hijack yours :) )
I had lots of penpals when I was younger, it was fantastic. You are so right about the stamps and the postmarks and the excitement. It makes me wonder if L might enjoy this as well.
Yeah, I miss penpals too and the stamps from faraway lands. Some years ago, you could still get email pals to write letters. I have tried writing emails to Dante, but it's quite hard to do so! Now he is claiming technology is preventing him from replying ...
Hi Jen, I still think you have the nicest handwriting out of all of us... ( mind you, that's not much of a compliment coming from a doctor)...
Believe it or not, I still handwrite letters to special people in my life, such as my wife and children, especially when I am away from them, or just on special occasions.
There is something special about the personal touch and the physicality of paper. It feels so much more permanent and real...
Oops, forgot to mention, thanks for the Birthday wishes!
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