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We’re moving! Find us now at newtownreviewofbooks.com.au

January 3, 2014

Happy New Year to all our readers! The Newtown Review of Books is beginning 2014 in a new home: newtownreviewofbooks.com.au All of our …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on teaching

December 27, 2013

I never liked teaching and unlike the people mentioned in a previous column I was no good at it. As …

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The NRB Boxing Day Quiz: ANSWERS

December 26, 2013

Here are the answers to our Boxing Day quiz (no pun intended). How did you do? 1 Nicole Hayes’s YA novel …

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The NRB 2013 Boxing Day Quiz: QUESTIONS

December 26, 2013

Here’s a quiz, just for fun. Sport in Australian literature – not much, but some. How well do you know it? …

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ANGELA MEYER (ed) The Great Unknown. Reviewed by Kylie Mason

December 24, 2013

A refreshing anthology of the macabre, the uncanny and the downright scary. Melbourne-based writer and reviewer Angela Meyer has brought …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on his Newtown pubs

December 20, 2013

I frequent four pubs in Newtown. There are different reasons for my visiting them and each has a different atmosphere. …

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JO SPURRIER Black Sun Light My Way: Children of the Black Sun, Book Two. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson

December 19, 2013

The second volume of this epic fantasy is a clever and engrossing tale exploring cruelty, enslavement, magic and power. In …

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RICHARD FLANAGAN The Narrow Road to the Deep North. Reviewed by Michael Richardson

December 17, 2013

Inspired by both his father’s experiences as a prisoner-of-war and the life of Weary Dunlop, Richard Flanagan’s new novel explores …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on painting

December 13, 2013

I’m not big on painting. I was notably quite without talent at it when at school. We had to submit …

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JOHN DALE Plenty. Reviewed by Michelle McLaren

December 12, 2013

This quietly powerful novella proves there’s still a lot to add to the asylum-seeker debate. It’s been more than a …

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