The Godfather: Peter Corris on book dedications
Dedicating books is one of the few ways an impecunious writer can do something nice for people. Publishing around 80 …
Monthly Archives: September 2012
LIZ JENSEN The Uninvited
Do we need to be afraid? Liz Jensen’s vision of the near future is terrifying. The Uninvited is a near-future …
Robert G Barrett: a personal farewell
The creator of the immensely popular Les Norton died on Thursday 20 September 2012. He was a more complex figure than his …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on alcohol and writing
Patrick White worried about his drinking. He told biographer David Marr there were times when he drank half a bottle …
Crime Scene: S J BOLTON Dead Scared
A sinister series of student deaths ignites this gripping thriller. In Cambridge, unprecedented numbers of students seem to be killing …
PAT BARKER Toby’s Room. Reviewed by Peter Corris
Pat Barker returns to the haunting fictional territory of World War One. There have been many fine novels with World …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on book reviewing
I came to book reviewing in a bizarre way. In 1975 I was teaching at a CAE in Gippsland, Victoria, …
BELINDA CASTLES Hannah and Emil
This third novel from Belinda Castles is a love story, a family saga, and a slice of twentieth-century European and …
SUZANNE JOINSON A Lady Cyclist’s Guide to Kashgar. Reviewed by Kylie Mason
The unlikely story of 1920s lady missionaries in exotic Kashgar entwines with the tale of a modern woman in contemporary …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on stayin’ alive
My medications and health support devices sit on top of the filing cabinet in my workroom. A Type 1 diabetic, …
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