Many memoirs, perhaps especially by writers, acknowledge the roles played by teachers in the shaping of people’s careers. Sometimes the teacher occurs as far back as...
Read MoreThis passionate account of one woman’s engagement with the natural world is also a plea for conservation and rehabilitation. Under suburban tarmac, says Germaine...
Read MoreThe author of Gravity’s Rainbow takes on corporate greed, 9/11 and the dark unconscious of the internet; the result is surreal, satirical and far from trifling. To hold...
Read MoreAn unusual book launch was held recently at Gleebooks, unusual in that three books were celebrated – novels by Michael Wilding and James Murray and a book of mine...
Read MoreAlien technology, interplanetary travel, Artificial Intelligence and the origin of the universe are among the many ideas explored in this complex and entertaining...
Read MoreThe author of The Household Guide to Dying delivers a collection of short stories infused with hope. Debra Adelaide is one of those rare writers who is able to document...
Read MoreAfter a lapse of quite a few years I’ve joined a gym again. My first gym was in Wollongong about 20 years ago. I’d broken a bone in my hand, couldn’t play golf and...
Read MoreA huge and occasionally chaotic canvas does not diminish the achievement of this dystopian trilogy. Dust is the long-awaited conclusion to the saga that started with...
Read MoreThis anthology of essays, fiction, memoir and poetry contains some powerful and impassioned writing from some of Australia’s best-known writers. The first contribution...
Read MoreI used to get the news from a combination of reading the broadsheets, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Australian, listening to ABC radio and watching the 7pm ABC...
Read MoreThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies delivers a compelling family story of secrets, love and duty. The Lowland is the story of two brothers and...
Read MoreGarry Disher introduces a new character and Barry Maitland continues his successful Brock and Kolla series. Bitter Wash Road is the latest police procedural from Garry...
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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