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Comment on NIGEL FEATHERSTONE I’m Ready Now. Reviewed by Walter Mason by The Blemish Novella Story Part 18: an outing and a glowing heart and a whole bunch of nerves | Under the counter or a flutter in the dovecot

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:51:09 +0000

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Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:06:33 +0000

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Comment on The Godfather: Peter Corris on William Boyd by Ann Burns

Ann Burns — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:51:23 +0000

This was made into a tv series in 2010 with Jim Broadbent, Matthew McFadyean and Conor Nealon – will have to read the book to see how true it was but as a series it was outstanding.

Comment on HANNAH KENT Burial Rites. Reviewed by Linda Funnell by May 2013 Roundup: Classics and Literary | Australian Women Writers Challenge

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:38:15 +0000

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Comment on The Godfather: Peter Corris on Flashy by Peter Corris

Peter Corris — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 07:55:04 +0000

Rob
So pleased to hear of someone who enjoyed Flashy as much as I did. I’ve lamented the never-written Civil War stuff as well and could have done without a couple of the others in its stead. Lola Montez in Australia would have been a bonus, too. Have you read his McCausland short stories? They’re very funny. My Browning series is an imitation of the MacDonald Fraser approach but a pale one. Thanks for the comment.

Comment on The Godfather: Peter Corris on being an unhandy man by Peter Corris

Peter Corris — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 07:53:20 +0000

Dan
I’m hoping my latest attempt will hold but we’ll see. Jean’s father did the same thing as mine with the jars. It was probably a standard handyman thing for DIY guys at
the time. I think the lids were screwed to the bottom of the shelves at intervals. It left the top of the shelves for other uses. Cunning. Some people at the time hung tools on hooks to match their painted silhouettes but that was a refinement too far for my father. How he loved his shed.

Comment on The Godfather: Peter Corris on being an unhandy man by Dan

Dan — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:59:42 +0000

I also REALLY like the idea of the lids of glass jars nailed to the underside of a shelf, wonderful ingenuity!

Comment on The Godfather: Peter Corris on being an unhandy man by Dan

Dan — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:58:06 +0000

Ok, I’ll be over this weekend!

Comment on The Godfather: Peter Corris on My Word by Peter Corris

Peter Corris — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:34:31 +0000

Thanks, both for your good wishes.

Comment on The Godfather: Peter Corris on grandparenting by Peter Corris

Peter Corris — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:31:30 +0000

Thank you!