These interviews construct exciting and substantial explorations of Australian literature. Annette Marfording, lawyer and academic, ‘fell in love’ with Australian...
Read MoreDeadlines and commitments – what to leave in, what to leave out. – Bob Seger All my life I’ve had a horror of deadlines for written work. At university I made a point...
Read MoreReaders will delight in this historical fantasy, a story built precisely as a piece of clockwork. The year is 1883 and Thaniel Steepleton is working as a clerk in...
Read MoreA deftly handled plot, strong characters and a sly, dry humour make this an outstanding debut crime novel. Emma Viskic won the 2014 Ned Kelly Short Story Award and the...
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Read MoreHere is a post-apocalyptic novel that still allows for hope, beauty and art in a terrible world. Station Eleven is a book that will defy your expectations. It may be...
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Read MoreIt’s been a tumultuous year in the AFL, marked tragically by the death of recently appointed Adelaide coach Phil Walsh before he had the chance to put his stamp on the...
Read MoreThis is a story of loss and grief, motherlessness and environmental destruction – but also of survival, renewal and the importance of community. Mireille Juchau’s third...
Read MoreThis literary thriller is expansive and cerebral in its exploration of guilt, fate, grief and the aftermath of war. As Sarah Crown has pointed out in a Guardian...
Read MoreI’ve been reading, or rather having read to me via Audible, the Sherlock Holmes stories and novels. The temptation when writing about Holmes is to fall into the manner...
Read MoreThis debut novel of traumas past and present is both compelling and surprising. Leah Kaminsky’s The Waiting Room starts with a heavily pregnant woman picking through...
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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