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. …
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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 …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on guns
I suppose I’ve had a bit more experience of firearms than the average urbanite. When young I was an enthusiastic …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on going to the dentist, then and now
In one of my novels I have Cliff Hardy remark that painless dentistry and being able to pause live television …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on comics
Recently I tried to distract and entertain a friend laid up with a severely broken ankle by setting him a …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on all his houses
Jean Bedford and I have owned ten houses together – one in Melbourne, three in Sydney, several in the Illawarra. …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on talking books
I wonder if there are any authors who listen to their own work when it appears in the form of …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on finding the titles
Getting titles right is important. I remember a stand-up comic speculating on how novels with titles like Mister Zhivago or …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on filming Cliff Hardy
I’m often asked why more Cliff Hardy novels haven’t been filmed or made for television. Good question, but it’s a …
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