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Monthly Archives: August 2012

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on readers and non-readers

August 31, 2012

I’ve been reading for sixty-six years, from about the age of four. I was born in Stawell in Victoria’s Wimmera …

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SUMNER LOCKE ELLIOTT Water Under the Bridge. Reviewed by Tony Bremner

August 29, 2012

Sumner Locke Elliott’s portrait of Kings Cross and Sydney’s class divides is a classic worth revisiting. My mother was a …

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DUNCAN LAY The Bridge of Swords; JENNIFER FALLON The Dark Divide. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson

August 27, 2012

Celtic and Japanese cultures give visual and emotional charge to two recent fantasy novels. There is much richness and complexity …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on the mechanics of writing

August 24, 2012

Radio and television interviewers sometimes struggle to ask sensible questions of writers. ‘Where do your ideas come from?’  is an …

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Crime Scene Shorts: Jean Bedford reviews six recent women’s crime novels

August 22, 2012

Åsa Larsson The Black Path, Kathy Reichs Bones Are Forever, Karin Slaughter Criminal, Camilla Lackberg The Drowning, Tess Gerritson Last To …

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MARIO VARGAS LLOSA The Dream of the Celt. Reviewed by Peter Corris

August 20, 2012

The strange case of Roger Casement. The ghost of Roger Casement is beating on the door. W B Yeats This a …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on the decline of the short-story market

August 17, 2012

In the latter part of the 19th century, after mass education greatly expanded the number of readers, the short story …

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EVELYN JUERS The Recluse

August 15, 2012

The search for Newtown’s Miss Havisham. There are several urban myths about Newtown’s famous reclusive spinster, Elizabeth (Eliza) Emily Donnithorne. …

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TERRY PRATCHETT and STEPHEN BAXTER The Long Earth. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson

August 13, 2012

The master of Discworld enters a new dimension. People who buy a new Terry Pratchett usually do so in the …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on a lifetime in libraries

August 10, 2012

The first library I remember was the Footscray City Library. I was nine or ten and travelled there from Yarraville …

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