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 …
Monthly Archives: December 2013
The NRB Boxing Day Quiz: ANSWERS
Here are the answers to our Boxing Day quiz (no pun intended). How did you do? 1 Nicole Hayes’s YA novel …
The NRB 2013 Boxing Day Quiz: QUESTIONS
Here’s a quiz, just for fun. Sport in Australian literature – not much, but some. How well do you know it? …
ANGELA MEYER (ed) The Great Unknown. Reviewed by Kylie Mason
A refreshing anthology of the macabre, the uncanny and the downright scary. Melbourne-based writer and reviewer Angela Meyer has brought …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on his Newtown pubs
I frequent four pubs in Newtown. There are different reasons for my visiting them and each has a different atmosphere. …
JO SPURRIER Black Sun Light My Way: Children of the Black Sun, Book Two. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson
The second volume of this epic fantasy is a clever and engrossing tale exploring cruelty, enslavement, magic and power. In …
RICHARD FLANAGAN The Narrow Road to the Deep North. Reviewed by Michael Richardson
Inspired by both his father’s experiences as a prisoner-of-war and the life of Weary Dunlop, Richard Flanagan’s new novel explores …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on painting
I’m not big on painting. I was notably quite without talent at it when at school. We had to submit …
JOHN DALE Plenty. Reviewed by Michelle McLaren
This quietly powerful novella proves there’s still a lot to add to the asylum-seeker debate. It’s been more than a …
THOMAS SHAPCOTT White Stag of Exile and Theatre of Darkness. Reviewed by Tony Bremner
European high culture in unlikely Australian settings lies at the heart of these two novels by Australian poet Tom Shapcott. …
