DOMINIC KNIGHT Man vs Child. Reviewed by Suzanne Rath
Dominic Knight’s third novel is a return to the snappy observational humour and romance of his debut Disco Boy. In today’s celebrity-obsessed world, we can...
Read MoreThe Godfather: Peter Corris on cooking
Robert B Parker’s Spenser private eye novels had some influence on my Cliff Hardy series. Parker was a whiz with the one-liner. ‘Work for you?’ Spenser said to an...
Read MoreEF Benson, his life and times. An appreciation by Walter Mason
This literary figure from a forgotten age retains a cult following for his charmingly sharp-eyed novels, which may even have curative powers. ‘We will pay anything for...
Read MoreEVIE WYLD All the Birds, Singing. Reviewed by Paula Grunseit
Why does this woman choose to live alone on an isolated sheep farm on a remote English island? A haunting new novel from the winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. In...
Read MoreThe Godfather: Peter Corris on winter
Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son of York. Shakespeare, Richard III Winter always discontents me. As a kid I disliked the cold and...
Read MoreANDREA GOLDSMITH The Memory Trap. Reviewed by Kylie Mason
An evocative novel of memory, music, family and betrayal from the author of Reunion. Australian-born Nina Jameson has made a satisfying life for herself in London: she...
Read MoreCrime Scene: ROBERT GALBRAITH The Cuckoo’s Calling. Reviewed by Jean Bedford
This is an accomplished and complex crime novel from the alter-ego of J K Rowling. The draft of this review was written before I knew ‘Robert Galbraith’ was...
Read MoreThe Godfather: Peter Corris on Radio National
I calculate that I listen to the radio for about 20 hours a week and to only one station – Radio National. Virtually my first action in the morning, after the obvious,...
Read MoreKERRY-ANNE WALSH The Stalking of Julia Gillard: How the Media and Team Rudd Contrived to Bring Down the Prime Minister. Reviewed by Linda Funnell
Leaks, rumours, polls and deniability: Kerry-Anne Walsh paints an ugly picture of Kevin Rudd’s road back to the prime ministership. This book, which details the covert...
Read MoreEMMA NEWMAN Any Other Name: Book Two of The Split Worlds. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson
Mirrored worlds of urban and traditional fantasy meet in this richly intriguing and inventive series. In all good fantasy it is the edges and borders that throw up the...
Read MoreThe Godfather: Peter Corris on druthers
Champion sportspeople are often asked what they would have liked to be were they not the footballers, golfers or swimmers they are. Golfer Nick Faldo, for example, said...
Read MoreCrime Scene: ANNIE HAUXWELL A Bitter Taste; ALEX HAMMOND Blood Witness. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm
The second in a series set in London and a debut legal thriller show some of the exciting variety of Australian crime fiction on offer. In A Bitter Taste, Catherine...
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{ I'm with you Julia. And I extend that to the aggressively English accents (whatever they are) you hear on BBC radio. I feel I am... } – The Godfather: Peter Corris on accents, 25 Feb 18, 6:01 pm
{ I thought it pretty common knowledge that anyone who pronounced 'aitch' as 'haitch' was of blue collar, Catholic background - as I'm now in my... } – The Godfather: Peter Corris on accents, 23 Feb 18, 1:41 pm
{ I would add that any politician who feels the need to be accompanied at a television interview by a 'noddy', or even worse, two 'noddies'... } – The Godfather: Peter Corris on disqualifications, 16 Feb 18, 1:53 pm
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