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Monthly Archives: September 2013

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on the changing foodscape

September 27, 2013

My eight-year-old grandson has recently expressed a preference for snow peas over avocado when required to eat something green. His …

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MATT MURPHY Weight of Evidence. Reviewed by Linda Funnell

September 26, 2013

Forgery, drunkenness, prejudice, injustice – the notorious Newtown Ejectment Case of the 1850s provides a fascinating slice of colonial life. …

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ROSS FITZGERALD and KEN SPILLMAN (eds) Australia’s Game: Stories, Essays, Verse & Drama Inspired by the Australian Game of Football. Reviewed by Nicole Hayes

September 24, 2013

Footy – for spectators and participants – has the power to connect and the power to crush. There’s much to love in this …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on his favourite western films

September 20, 2013

Of my three favourite western films,* one was based on a novel, one was an adaptation of a foreign film …

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EVELYN CONLON Not the Same Sky. Reviewed by Candida Baker

September 18, 2013

Evelyn Conlon sidesteps the traps of historical fiction in this moving story of four young Irishwomen sent to Australia during …

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Crime Scene: DAVID WHISH-WILSON Zero at the Bone; STUART LITTLEMORE Harry Curry, Rats and Mice. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

September 17, 2013

Frank Swann PI moves through the wild and sometimes dangerous world of 1970s mining-boom-town Perth, and in the law courts …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on election day 2013

September 13, 2013

I was worried about voting. My eyesight is poor and I’d heard that the ballot paper for the Senate, as …

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

September 12, 2013

Humans, trolls, bad governments and parallel worlds: Pratchett and Baxter offer a rich cast of characters and  provocative ideas in …

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ROBERT MACKLIN Dark Paradise: Norfolk Island – Isolation, Savagery, Mystery and Murder. Reviewed by Peter Corris

September 10, 2013

From convicts to mutineers to modern scandals, Robert Macklin taps the history of Norfolk Island. Robert Macklin has successfully woven …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on elections

September 6, 2013

The first Federal election I remember was in 1960. It was the one Robert Menzies won by one seat – …

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