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Bruce Nash

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I have always written.
For three decades, I taught English in Secondary Schools throughout Queensland.
I survived.
I now live and write and make habitat on the far south coast of New South Wales, on Djiringanj Country by the shores of Wallaga Lake, with my partner Deborah, our dogs Finnegan and Rupert, numerous chooks, a Satin Bower Bird called Lord Byron, a Diamond Python who shall remain nameless, and numerous Wattlebirds, Lorikeets, Galahs, White-headed Pigeons, Whipbirds, King Parrots, Crimson Rosellas, Black Cockatoos, Eastern Spinebills.......
All the Words We Know is my most recent novel, published by Allen & Unwin in 2024.
My previous novel was The Long River of Cat Fisher, published in 2020 by Australian Scholarly Publishing (Arden ...more

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We recently read All The Words We Know for book club. We loved your use of language and being swept into Rose's mind. Having watched my mother with dementia, I think you nailed it. The question raised by one member is was the older man in Rose's life her father? and not a second friend after her husband died. We did all wonder put that photo forward when it wasn't his father.

Bruce Nash Thanks for the question, Joy, and lovely to hear that you enjoyed the book. An interesting suggestion that 'the older fellow' might be Rose's father, …moreThanks for the question, Joy, and lovely to hear that you enjoyed the book. An interesting suggestion that 'the older fellow' might be Rose's father, but as I see it, it becomes increasingly apparent that he is not only Rose's second husband, but the real love of Rose's life. The fact that the son keeps moving his photo to the front of the dresser is I think evidence of what a 'good son' he is, for all his failings. He knows that this was the man whom his mother loved, and he is trying to help her find her way back to her memory of him, despite the pain and sense of abandonment that both children felt about this at the time.
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Bruce Nash There is no such thing as writer's block. Or if there is, it's on the continuum with washing-up block, trimming your toenails block, cleaning out the …moreThere is no such thing as writer's block. Or if there is, it's on the continuum with washing-up block, trimming your toenails block, cleaning out the gutters block...(less)

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Dear Reader of 'All the Words We Know'
Welcome to the world of whatsitsname. A place of forgetting and remembering, of language deficit and the love of words, of powerlessness and indomitability, of fear and laughter and heartbreak and joy.
Welcome to Rose.
Rose is a woman in her eighties, resident of an aged care facility where her friend has died in mysterious circumstances. Rose’s life may have be Read more of this blog post »

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Bruce Nash answered Joy Marshall's question: We recently read All The Words We Know for book club. We loved your use of language and being swept into Rose's mind. Having watched my mother with dementia, I think you nailed it. The question raised by one member is was the older man in Rose's life her father? and not a second friend after her husband died. We did all wonder put that photo forward when it wasn't his father. Thanks for the question, Joy, and lovely to hear that you enjoyed the book. An interesting suggestion that 'the older fellow' might be Rose's father, but as I see it, it becomes increasingly apparent that he is not only Rose's second husband, but the See Full Answer
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“I have no idea what I’m doing, but I do it thoroughly, fearlessly, and without mercy.”
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“Patrick Beckett was on his knees in the zucchinis, thinking about Virginia Woolf.”
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“Language is like a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.”
― Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

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