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Monthly Archives: December 2012

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on three historical events he’d have liked to see

December 21, 2012

I used to entertain myself and (less so, I suspect) my friends by posing the question, ‘What three events in …

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Crime scene: PAMELA BURTON The Waterlow Killings: A Portrait of a Family Tragedy. Reviewed by Tom Kelly

December 19, 2012

This sensitive account of a family tragedy details the terrible consequences when the mental health system fails.  How’s this for …

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T C BOYLE San Miguel. Reviewed by Kylie Mason

December 17, 2012

Desolation and isolation haunt two families living decades apart on the bleakest of California’s Channel Islands  On New Year’s Day, …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on trivia nights

December 14, 2012

Jean and I recently attended a trivia night – a fundraiser for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. There were about 300 …

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SARA MAITLAND Gossip from the Forest: The Tangled Roots of our Forests and Fairytales. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson

December 12, 2012

The forests of Britain entwine with retellings of Grimms’ fairytales in Sara Maitland’s imaginative investigation. This book is definitely for …

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KRISTEL THORNELL Night Street. Reviewed by James Tierney

December 10, 2012

Artist Clarice Beckett inspires this award-winning debut novel. Kristel Thornell’s Dobbie and Vogel Award-winning novel Night Street takes the apparently …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on talking books

December 7, 2012

I wonder if there are any authors who listen to their own work when it appears in the form of …

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NEIL YOUNG Waging Heavy Peace; PETE TOWNSHEND Who I Am. Reviewed by Toby Creswell

December 6, 2012

Neil Young reveals and Pete Townshend conceals in these contrasting rock & roll memoirs. The rock & roll confidential has …

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Peter Corris nominates his best books of 2012

December 4, 2012

The NRB editors have invited me to nominate the best books I’ve read in 2012. As I explained in a …

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