Over 2015 Jean’s penchant for dark and complex crime has once again been to the fore, while Linda has found a lot to like among the year’s debut fiction...
Read MoreA paranormal crime thriller with a blokey sensibility, Skin Deep is set in a Brisbane still dealing with the after-effects of many years of Joh rule. Harry Hendrick is...
Read MoreSome great summer reading … To win this fabulous bundle of books, simply email us at editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au by 6pm Wednesday 23 December with ‘Summer...
Read MoreFilms on Australian subjects in the 1960s were mostly pretty undistinguished. A case could be made for They’re a Weird Mob (1966), which captured something of our...
Read MoreImbued with Nabokovian signs and symbols, A Guide to Berlin is rich, complex and layered with meaning. Central to Gail Jones’s new novel is Vladimir Nabokov’s...
Read MoreVirgin Jackson confronts demon wolves, gang lords and stone witches in this sequel to Peacemaker. In 2014, Marianne De Pierres pulled off an impressive hat-trick with...
Read MoreAnother irresistible bundle of books in time for Christmas. To go in the draw simply email us at editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au by 6pm Wednesday 16 December with...
Read MoreI was watching a History Channel documentary on notable crimes. This one dealt with the murder of Sir Harry Oakes in Nassau, capital of the Bahamas, in the early 1940s...
Read MoreHere are two very promising debut crime novels – both set in Melbourne. Told in three parts, Please Don’t Leave Me Here by Melbourne writer Tania Chandler begins...
Read MoreThis memoir of a shattered childhood and teenage alcoholism reveals how any child might end up on the same self-destructive path. That Fry Boy opens in the mid-1990s...
Read MoreMore summertime goodies … To win this irresistible bundle of books, simply email us at editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au by 6pm Wednesday 9th December with...
Read MoreTo date this year I’ve read 16 books and listened to 28 audio books. Because I keep a record with a note on each book and assign each a mark out of 10 to assist me in...
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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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