The Godfather: Peter Corris on teaching
I never liked teaching and unlike the people mentioned in a previous column I was no good at it. As …
I never liked teaching and unlike the people mentioned in a previous column I was no good at it. As …
Here are the answers to our Boxing Day quiz (no pun intended). How did you do? 1 Nicole Hayes’s YA novel …
Here’s a quiz, just for fun. Sport in Australian literature – not much, but some. How well do you know it? …
A refreshing anthology of the macabre, the uncanny and the downright scary. Melbourne-based writer and reviewer Angela Meyer has brought …
I frequent four pubs in Newtown. There are different reasons for my visiting them and each has a different atmosphere. …
The second volume of this epic fantasy is a clever and engrossing tale exploring cruelty, enslavement, magic and power. In …
Inspired by both his father’s experiences as a prisoner-of-war and the life of Weary Dunlop, Richard Flanagan’s new novel explores …
I’m not big on painting. I was notably quite without talent at it when at school. We had to submit …
This quietly powerful novella proves there’s still a lot to add to the asylum-seeker debate. It’s been more than a …
European high culture in unlikely Australian settings lies at the heart of these two novels by Australian poet Tom Shapcott. …