The Godfather: Peter Corris on memorable teachers
Many memoirs, perhaps especially by writers, acknowledge the roles played by teachers in the shaping of people’s careers. Sometimes the …
Monthly Archives: November 2013
GERMAINE GREER White Beech. Reviewed by Tracy Sorensen
This passionate account of one woman’s engagement with the natural world is also a plea for conservation and rehabilitation. Under suburban …
THOMAS PYNCHON Bleeding Edge. Reviewed by Michael Richardson
The author of Gravity’s Rainbow takes on corporate greed, 9/11 and the dark unconscious of the internet; the result is …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on book launches
An unusual book launch was held recently at Gleebooks, unusual in that three books were celebrated – novels by Michael …
STEPHEN BAXTER Proxima. Reviewed by Keith Stevenson
Alien technology, interplanetary travel, Artificial Intelligence and the origin of the universe are among the many ideas explored in this …
DEBRA ADELAIDE Letter to George Clooney. Reviewed by Kylie Mason
The author of The Household Guide to Dying delivers a collection of short stories infused with hope. Debra Adelaide is …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on going to the gym
After a lapse of quite a few years I’ve joined a gym again. My first gym was in Wollongong about …
HUGH HOWEY Dust. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson
A huge and occasionally chaotic canvas does not diminish the achievement of this dystopian trilogy. Dust is the long-awaited conclusion …
THOMAS KENEALLY and ROSIE SCOTT (eds) A Country Too Far: Writings on Asylum Seekers. Reviewed by Kathy Gollan
This anthology of essays, fiction, memoir and poetry contains some powerful and impassioned writing from some of Australia’s best-known writers. …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on getting the news
I used to get the news from a combination of reading the broadsheets, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Australian, …
The Newtown Review of Books 