tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post7798371877579862221..comments2024-03-12T09:44:18.874-07:00Comments on Howling Frog Books: CloudstreetJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-87821116902732205452017-11-25T19:33:15.392-08:002017-11-25T19:33:15.392-08:00I'm glad you enjoyed the book that's regul...I'm glad you enjoyed the book that's regularly voted by Australian readers as the best Australian book each year! The strong sense of place is one of its big draw cards. Most Australians (my age and older esp) didn't grow up reading a lot of books set in our country. For me Cloudstreet was that first Aussie book that I could embrace and be proud of. Since then, I have discovered a huge wealth of Australian writers and stories that had been allowed to go out of print for a long time during the late 1900's. Text Classics and others have been slowing bringing many of them back into print, but Cloudstreet will always have a place in my heart for showing me that Australians could be writers - a bloody good ones at that!Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.com