From crime to literature, through ASIO and memoir to the bush – our Editors failed to coincide on a single title. Not all of these books were published in 2014, but...
Read MoreThis draw has now closed. Congratulations to our winner, David Hatherly, from the ACT! And happy holidays to everyone. Richard Powers Orfeo A 70-year-old avant-garde...
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Read MoreThese stories infuse the everyday with the strange, the uncanny and an ever-present sense of threat. In those days, the doorbell didn’t ring often, and if it did I...
Read MoreThis draw is closed. Congratulations to the winner, Peter Freeman from Moruya. Griffith Review 46 Forgotten Stories: The Novella Project II A compelling...
Read MoreConnelly makes the most of his crisscrossing plots and delivers a disturbing picture of a fearful America. I’m forced to ration my reading due to my poor eyesight and I...
Read MoreThis draw is now closed. Congratulations to the winner, Timothy Cootes! The Paris Review 208 This issue of the iconic literary magazine includes fiction from Zadie...
Read MoreWith my limited vision I find modern films difficult to watch. They are often dark and the quick cutting means I miss crucial elements. Unless the actors are clearly...
Read MoreIn his fifth book, Queensland writer Patrick Holland takes us back to the sixth century and invites us to reflect on the meaning of life’s journey. Navigatio is...
Read MoreDiscomfiting reflections and literary pleasures are to be found in this new collection of stories inspired by China. In his new collection, Bapo, Nicholas Jose has...
Read MoreI must have spent a fair bit of time in doctors’ and dentists’ waiting rooms because I can’t think where else I would have read the Reader’s Digest as often as I did. I...
Read MoreA man’s past and his complex emotional relationships unravel against a background of Indian history and the Tampa affair. The Last Candles of the Night is the...
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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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