The Godfather: Peter Corris on the changing foodscape
My eight-year-old grandson has recently expressed a preference for snow peas over avocado when required to eat something green. His …
Monthly Archives: September 2013
MATT MURPHY Weight of Evidence. Reviewed by Linda Funnell
Forgery, drunkenness, prejudice, injustice – the notorious Newtown Ejectment Case of the 1850s provides a fascinating slice of colonial life. …
ROSS FITZGERALD and KEN SPILLMAN (eds) Australia’s Game: Stories, Essays, Verse & Drama Inspired by the Australian Game of Football. Reviewed by Nicole Hayes
Footy – for spectators and participants – has the power to connect and the power to crush. There’s much to love in this …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on his favourite western films
Of my three favourite western films,* one was based on a novel, one was an adaptation of a foreign film …
EVELYN CONLON Not the Same Sky. Reviewed by Candida Baker
Evelyn Conlon sidesteps the traps of historical fiction in this moving story of four young Irishwomen sent to Australia during …
Crime Scene: DAVID WHISH-WILSON Zero at the Bone; STUART LITTLEMORE Harry Curry, Rats and Mice. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm
Frank Swann PI moves through the wild and sometimes dangerous world of 1970s mining-boom-town Perth, and in the law courts …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on election day 2013
I was worried about voting. My eyesight is poor and I’d heard that the ballot paper for the Senate, as …
TERRY PRATCHETT and STEPHEN BAXTER The Long War. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson
Humans, trolls, bad governments and parallel worlds: Pratchett and Baxter offer a rich cast of characters and provocative ideas in …
ROBERT MACKLIN Dark Paradise: Norfolk Island – Isolation, Savagery, Mystery and Murder. Reviewed by Peter Corris
From convicts to mutineers to modern scandals, Robert Macklin taps the history of Norfolk Island. Robert Macklin has successfully woven …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on elections
The first Federal election I remember was in 1960. It was the one Robert Menzies won by one seat – …
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