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~ Sydney's original online review of books, est. March 2012

Monthly Archives: May 2012

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WENDY JAMES The Mistake

May 30, 2012

There’s more than one side to this story of a mother accused of murdering her child. It’s impossible to read …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on the old days of journalism

May 24, 2012

I was the literary editor of the National Times for almost three years, from 1979 to 1981. I was given …

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Crime Scene: CAROL O’CONNELL The Chalk Girl

May 17, 2012

‘Before Lisbeth Salander, there was Kathy Mallory.’ So it says on the front cover of The Chalk Girl, and so …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on authors, publicity and festivals

May 14, 2012

Popular Australian writers of the 30s, 40s and 50s rarely appeared in public, were heard on radio or seen in …

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CHARLOTTE WOOD Love and Hunger: Thoughts on the gift of food. Reviewed by Kylie Mason

May 4, 2012

From how to make pastry to the ethics of eating, Charlotte Wood inspires with her passion for food.  The best …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on the bookshops of Newtown

May 3, 2012

I doubt there is any precinct in Sydney better supplied with new and second-hand bookshops than Newtown. There are hundreds …

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LINDY CAMERON Redback

May 1, 2012

A girls’-own-adventure with the lot. A beautiful-yet-deadly commander of a crack retrieval team; terrorists of US, European, Arabic and Asian …

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  • JUAN GABRIEL VÁSQUEZ The Sound of Things Falling. Reviewed by Rosana Bouzas
  • The Godfather: Peter Corris on William Boyd
  • Crime Scene: REBECCA JAMES Sweet Damage. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm
  • NIGEL FEATHERSTONE I’m Ready Now. Reviewed by Walter Mason
  • The Godfather: Peter Corris on being an unhandy man
  • NOVIOLET BULAWAYO We Need New Names. Reviewed by Morgan Smith
  • JENNIFER MILLS The Rest is Weight. Reviewed by James Tierney
  • The Godfather: Peter Corris on past pets
  • MEL CAMPBELL Out of Shape: Debunking Myths About Fashion and Fit. Reviewed by Kylie Mason
  • DUNCAN LAY Valley of Shields: Empire of Bones Two. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson

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