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Monthly Archives: February 2013

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JESSE BLACKADDER Chasing the Light. Reviewed by Kylie Mason

February 28, 2013

Three women battle the elements, men and each other in the quest to be the first to set foot on …

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Crime Scene: ROBERT GOTT The Holiday Murders. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

February 26, 2013

This novel of murder and military intelligence in wartime Melbourne is inspired by history. While The Holiday Murders isn’t, sadly, …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris remembers his schooldays

February 22, 2013

Advancing age is said to enhance the long-term memory at the expense of the short-term. At 70 I’m not aware …

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Crime Scene: ANTTI TUOMAINEN The Healer. Reviewed by Jean Bedford

February 19, 2013

This dystopian Finnish crime novel is well above the ordinary. The Healer is set in Finland in the near future …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on Hemingway

February 15, 2013

Lately I’ve had Ernest Hemingway coming at me from all directions. For the second time I watched Woody Allen’s brilliant …

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The NRB QUIZ Answer ten Australian crime fiction questions to win The Healer

February 13, 2013

For a copy of Antti Tuomainen’s just published prize-winning Finnish crime novel The Healer –  or just for fun – do this …

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DAMON YOUNG Philosophy in the Garden. Reviewed by James Tierney

February 11, 2013

This book invites readers to drink from a beautifully blended philosophical cup. Philosophers occupy a diffident space in Australian public …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on golf

February 8, 2013

A number of creative people have played golf. British Poet Laureate John Betjeman did and wrote a poem about it, …

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Crime Scene: KATHERINE HOWELL Web of Deceit. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

February 7, 2013

The lives of paramedics entwine with a police investigation to remind us just how good Australian crime writing can be. …

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THE NRB QUIZ Answer ten Australian true crime questions to win The Waterlow Killings

February 6, 2013

For a copy of Pamela Burton’s The Waterlow Killings: A Portrait of a Family Tragedy – or just for fun – do this …

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