Published next week, Dr Philip Nitschke’s autobiography Damned If I Do (Melbourne University Press) represents my third attempt to collaborate with him.* Some years...
Read MoreFunny, tragic and beautifully crafted, these short stories were destined to be together. Poet, playwright and novelist, Mark O’Flynn is a man of many talents....
Read MoreIn an age dominated by the idea of gay marriage, one of the founding fathers of homosexual liberation asks where Queer culture has gone. Many people have forecast...
Read MoreMy three best private eye films are as follows – in chronological order: 1 The Maltese Falcon (1941). Various stories attach to the making of this film. One, that John...
Read MoreA fearless and riveting debut novel about love, obsession and redemption. Most people have someone they think of as ‘the one that got away’, the person who could have...
Read MoreThe winner of the 2013 Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award, this impressive historical crime novel gives a hard-edged depiction of the mindlessness of war. The...
Read MoreMy eight-year-old grandson Vincent is a fan of the Mythbusters television show. He stays overnight with us every Saturday and introduced me to it. At first I watched...
Read MoreThe second book of Tales of Ancient Rome intertwines the stories of three women to again create a fascinating novel of love and war, richly steeped in history. There is...
Read MoreTrevor Shearston presents a fresh view of bushranger Ben Hall in this spare and beautifully written novel. Ben Hall is beginning to tire of life on the road....
Read MoreFor I will consider my cat Jeoffry. For he is the servant of the Living God … Christopher Smart Jubilate Agno The...
Read MoreTwo recent Australian crime novels – a PI mystery set in Thailand and a police procedural in Canberra – give a strong sense of place. The Dying Beach is the third Jayne...
Read MoreThis is fiction on the edge of the now – a contemporary thriller that moves backwards and forwards in time. Wil Parke prays it’s a case of mistaken identity when he’s...
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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 
{ Agree wholeheartedly - especially point #3 } – The Godfather: Peter Corris on disqualifications, 16 Feb 18, 11:01 am { What did you think of the TV series of "Bosch", Peter? I found the first episodes difficult - as the splendidly named actor playing Harry... } – The Godfather: Peter Corris on retrospectives, 09 Feb 18, 8:44 pm