'What was it exactly? Wonder, rapture delight, surprised recognition, laughter - but also darker feelings that made my heart beat fast and my stomach turn over, and sometimes a frantic urge to close the book before whatever it was sucked me in and destroyed me. But always, I read on. In Storytime, author and literary critic Jane Sullivan takes us from Wonderland to Narnia, Moomintroll to Mr Toad and from Winnie the Pooh to the Magic Pudding, to find out why her favourite childhood books were so vitally important, and how they shaped the woman she is today. This intimate, intense and emotional adventure down memory lane is much, much more than nostalgia. It is a surprising and sometimes disturbing voyage of self-discovery. As Jane relives old joys and faces old fears, she discovers that the books were not what she thought they were, and she was not the child she thought she was.' (Publication summary)
Jane Sullivan : On Storytime
Astrid Edwards
(interviewer),
2019
18290462
2019
single work
interview
podcast
'Jane Sullivan is a literary journalist and novelist. She writes the Saturday column ‘Turning Pages’ and book features for The Age. She won the inaugural Australian Human Rights Award for journalism.
'Jane has also published two novels - The White Star (2000) and Little People (2011), as well as Storytime (2019), her reflection on rereading the books of her childhood as an adult.'
Source: The Garret.
'‘‘It seems I was always trying to escape into a realm of gold where there was a more perfect me.’’ Storytime unfolds, before the reader’s delighted eyes; Jane Sullivan’s extended meditative exploration of her search for the realm of gold in the books she read as a child.' (Introduction)
'‘‘It seems I was always trying to escape into a realm of gold where there was a more perfect me.’’ Storytime unfolds, before the reader’s delighted eyes; Jane Sullivan’s extended meditative exploration of her search for the realm of gold in the books she read as a child.' (Introduction)
Jane Sullivan : On Storytime
Astrid Edwards
(interviewer),
2019
18290462
2019
single work
interview
podcast
'Jane Sullivan is a literary journalist and novelist. She writes the Saturday column ‘Turning Pages’ and book features for The Age. She won the inaugural Australian Human Rights Award for journalism.
'Jane has also published two novels - The White Star (2000) and Little People (2011), as well as Storytime (2019), her reflection on rereading the books of her childhood as an adult.'
Source: The Garret.
