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Martin Amis helps you get to know me

November 9, 2020

I wanted to do something a little different. We were asked to write a short piece introducing ourselves, for the second unit in my Masters of Creative Writing with Deakin University. So I ‘rang Martin Amis’ and had him interview me as we stood on the rooftops, he in Paris in the 1970s, and myself … More Martin Amis helps you get to know me

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Do women and men choose books differently? A blog post by Fiona Stocker.

Do women and men choose books differently?

May 11, 2019

Last year when my book was in the final stages of edit, three men in my writers’ group told me they would not buy it because it had the word ‘wife’ in the title. To put their remarks in context, we were having a discussion about the title, and whether I should change it. An old … More Do women and men choose books differently?

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The Break by Marian Keyes

Marian Keyes versus Colm Toibin

November 22, 2018

 I’ve read a lot of literary fiction and commercial fiction in my reading life, and there’s a constant narrative in my head about the relative merits of the two, and whether there should even be a distinction. I’ve just read Marian Keyes’ latest novel The Break and wrote a review of it for Goodreads, and … More Marian Keyes versus Colm Toibin

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Books by Fiona Stocker
Apple Island Wife by Fiona Stocker, a paperback memoir

Apple Island Wife - Slow Living in Tasmania, available in paperback and e-book

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Sissinghurst Day - a short story with an account by the author of writing it

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