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? …
Tag Archives: Peter Corris
Crime Scene: LEE CHILD A Wanted Man
In 1997 Killing Floor crashed Lee Child onto the thriller scene as a major new talent. A Wanted Man is the …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on the ghost who writes
When is a ghost-writer not a ghost-writer? My answer is, when his or her name appears on the cover. I’ve …
The Godfather: Peter Corris ‘With a little help from my friends’
It’s often said that writing is a solitary, lonely business. Well, I suppose the actual act of writing is done …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on books into film
‘The film wasn’t as good as the book.’ How often have you heard it? The phrase set me thinking that …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on finishing a book
Why am I wandering round my workroom putting books back on shelves and filing documents? Why I am rearranging books …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on the old days of journalism
I was the literary editor of the National Times for almost three years, from 1979 to 1981. I was given …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on authors, publicity and festivals
Popular Australian writers of the 30s, 40s and 50s rarely appeared in public, were heard on radio or seen in …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on the bookshops of Newtown
I doubt there is any precinct in Sydney better supplied with new and second-hand bookshops than Newtown. There are hundreds …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on writing endorsements
From time to time writers are asked to give endorsements for forthcoming books. These are called straplines in the trade. …
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