Hey there, thanks for dropping by! I'm Rebecca Bowyer, I'm a Melbourne-based corporate and fiction writer plus a mum to two gorgeous boys – aged 5 and 7. You've come to the right place if you feel like you'd probably think great thoughts and stuff if only you could get your kids to leave you alone for five seconds at a time. On Seeing the Lighter Side I write about books I've read and loved, parenting and my own writing … Find out more about Welcome
Fabulous Books!
Book review: The Wild Dead, by Carrie Vaughn
The Wild Dead, by Carrie Vaughn, is the second book in the Bannerless series. It's part of a new wave of popular science fiction that, at its core, is
Ye Olde English words that look absolutely NOTHING like Modern English
I try really hard not to get drawn into debates about whether words should be spelled 'favour' or 'favor' or whether the Oxford comma should be a
We See the Stars by Kate van Hooft – the haunting unreality of childhood trauma
We See the Stars, by Kate van Hooft is a hauntingly beautiful debut from a gifted storyteller about one traumatised child's attempt to make sense of
… and more fabulous books!
Navigating your future career: Don’t Worry About The Robots
It's hard to plan your future career when you don't even know whether your current job will exist in 5 years, let alone 10 years. According to Jo
The 7 Best New Books of 2018 (So Far)
I've been privileged to be able to read an amazing selection of new books so far in 2018. I've finished and reviewed (or plan to review closer to
Book review: Ghosted, by Rosie Walsh
Ghosted, by Rosie Walsh, is one of those rare gems of a book that is set in the modern world, involves a love story about two people over the age of
Parenting
4 parenting books that won’t make you feel incompetent
A recent study has shown that the more parenting advice books you read, the worse you will feel. This doesn't surprise us veteran parents at all. I
The perfect gift for musical toddlers: Poppy’s musical storybooks
My 16-month-old niece refused to eat dinner without Poppy and the Orchestra by her side. This was after reading it - and its companion musical
Writing
How to be a writer when you don’t want to write literary fiction
I've done pretty much every kind of writing there is, apart from features writing and underwriting. My current day job is digital strategy and web
In conversation with Louise Allan, author of The Sisters’ Song
Louise Allan's first novel, The Sisters’ Song, is out now from Allen & Unwin. The manuscript was shortlisted for the 2014 City of Fremantle—TAG