  A
woman
of substance as well as girth, this big-hearted earth mother knocks us
off our pins in Rosie Scott's Glory Days-all this in an introspective
voice that'srich in poetry and raw with anguish.
MARILYN STASIO NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW OF BOOKS Her work is
sensuously alive like that of
few other writers- I can think only of Colette and Edna O'Brien.
MARILYN FRENCH Dazzling sordid first novel..whose poetic grittiness makes these tales of Auckland's fringe people a stand-out. This unconventional heroine is unforgettable. The characterisations, the sheer energy and driving imagination make this a potent read. KIRKUS REVIEWS, NEW YORK Scott
continues to reveal her great gifts as a
passionate, intelligent
and articulate creator of the mumblings of the human heart.
JOHN HANRAHAN, THE MELBOURNE AGE. Rosie Scott is a born writer. She
has
fluency, honesty, cheek and charm and insatiable curiosity. She is a
storyteller who stops to examine everything. Rosie
Scott's best writing is breathtaking.
Here is an author who entices her readers into complacency only to
astound them
with inspired passages as rich and evocative as any in literature… At
its best
Rosie Scott's writing is reminiscent
Her work is
engulfingly, satiatingly
sensuous. She uses language that is rich, elegant and poetic, above all
there
is an honesty about her work that is utterly compelling.
JO LITSON, MORE MAGAZINE
In these
times more than ever we need
writers clear-sighted enough to see through the lies and brave enough
to speak
out against them. Rosie Scott is such a writer. We
need writers like Scott with her buoyant spirit and faith in humanity, with her clarity and verve.
PENELOPE HANLEY, CANBERRA TIMES
A
singing
literary talent. She never compromises her commitment to the integrity,
clarity of vision and moral seriousness that are the hallmarks of great
fiction.
KATHERINE ENGLAND, ADELAIDE ADVERTISER
Scott weaves a pattern of events and relationships that are charged with ecstasy, hope, paranoia fear, "the mud and slime of it all." In the process she not only stirs the imagination vigorously, she also touches the heart. MICHAEL KING, METRO MAGAZINE Rosie Scott is one of the finest writers working in this country (though like Jane Campion she's a New Zealander.) She's wise, witty, sharply observant, truthful and empathetic. SUSAN GEASON, THE SYDNEY SUN HERALD Can literature help to recalibrate a nation's
moral compass? And can one book elevate a nation's conversation with itself
above the roar of intolerance and abuse?Big questions, and no doubt overly
ambitious ones, but A Country Too Far, a new collection of writing on
asylum-seekers edited by Rosie Scott and Tom Keneally, constitutes an important
contribution to a great moral issue of our time……..a fine book like A
Country Too Far, one that inspires both compassion and anger, can change
the way people think and act, and encourage them to expect more from themselves
and their nation. Christopher
Kremmer, Sydney Morning Herald, review of the week 
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