If people of my generation, those of us who tuned in to popular music, were asked what was their favourite Bob Dylan song, I expect there’d be at least 20 nominations,...
Read MoreSubtle psychological insights tumble out from Marías’s prose, taking centre stage even though they seem peripheral to the story. Maria Dolz is an editor who works for a...
Read MoreThe Bitterwood Bible is a masterful offering of haunting stories that traverse the bounds of myth and legend. In this prequel to Sourdough & Other Stories (2010)...
Read MoreI remember some years ago seeing a snatch of John Denver in concert. At the end of a song he opened his arms and said to the adoring audience, ‘He sings, he plays, he...
Read MoreThis is the latest in a series of intelligent, well-researched and engagingly written crime-fiction novels set amid the suffragette battles of early 1900s England....
Read MoreOne of Australia’s foremost poets brings inventiveness and economy to this clever collection of microfictions. Crow’s Breath, John Kinsella’s new collection of short...
Read MoreSome time ago I wrote a column about how my defective eyesight had pushed me first to big print books and then to e-books where I could blow up the font on my e-reader....
Read MoreThese two collections give richly personal insights into how books and reading are critical to a strong and resilient culture. To borrow Giulia Giuffrè’s metaphor...
Read MoreThis novel centres on surely the greatest adventure any group of humans could embark upon: a one-way trip in search of a new Earth to call home. Kim Stanley Robinson...
Read MoreA couple of technologies employed by writers and journalists, and thought highly of at the time, have become obsolete in my lifetime. One that comes to mind is the...
Read MoreMagic, blood and even trolls – this is engaging picaresque fantasy with a feckless hero. The Liar’s Key is Book Two of The Red Queen’s War series. It continues...
Read MoreThis is one of the most important books yet written on the evolution of Australian Rules football. Australian Rules football is a simple game that perhaps has been made...
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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