BRIOHNY DOYLE The Island Will Sink. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson
A dystopian future, inventive language and an irresistible finish distinguish Briohny Doyle’s debut novel. This is an exciting and fascinating read, a very clever...
Read MoreThe Godfather: Peter Corris on Hemingway revisited
We lay under cover by the side of the road for the ambush and Paco passed me the wineskin which was heavy with the resin-tasting wine of that part of the country which...
Read MoreNICK RICHARDSON The Game of Their Lives. Reviewed by Bernard Whimpress
The Game of Their Lives is a compelling account of Australian Rules football and the men who played it in a time of war. Central to this story is the exhibition match...
Read MoreDAVID DYER The Midnight Watch. Reviewed by Linda Funnell
This debut novel asks why the Californian, a mere 20 miles away, did not come to the stricken Titanic’s aid. What more could there possibly be to say about that...
Read MoreThe Godfather: Peter Corris on glorious Glebe
Our third daughter was born early in 1977. I had a vasectomy to forestall any more children but our Wigram Road house seemed cramped with five people, a dog, the...
Read MoreCrime Scene: JANE HARPER The Dry. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm
There is a very good reason for all the buzz around about The Dry, another great debut thriller from an Australian writer. In a country with a lot of mythology built...
Read MoreMIKE JONES with LEONIE JONES The Reparation: The Transgressions Cycle Book Three. Reviewed by Lou Murphy
This third instalment of the Trangressions Cycle is Australian Gothic horror at its gruesome best. Welcome to the church of St Agnes, where truths are whispered and the...
Read MoreThe Godfather: Peter Corris on moving north
Our decision to move from Melbourne to Sydney early in 1976 seemed impulsive to some but it was not ill-considered. While Melbourne might have been the Mecca for...
Read MorePHILIPPE SANDS East West Street: On the origins of genocide and crimes against humanity. Reviewed by Ashley Kalagian Blunt
East West Street fuses biography, family memoir and journalism, culminating in an account of the Nuremberg trials told with the pace of a legal thriller. The idea that...
Read MoreCrime Scene: ZANE LOVITT Black Teeth. Reviewed by Chris Maher
Zane Lovitt, winner of the 2013 Ned Kelly Award, has produced an original Melbourne take on the noir crime novel. Black Teeth is peopled by loners. A protagonist who...
Read MoreThe Godfather: Peter Corris on a year in Gippsland Part 2
Weather was the determinant of life in Gippsland. It was autumn when we arrived, with pleasant, mild sunny days in which you could do anything out of doors. In the...
Read MorePAUL MCCARTHY First Use of the Ball: Celebrating football in Kapunda since 1866. Reviewed by Bernard Whimpress
With beautiful design and sparkling text, this book is an ideal example of a club history. When I first heard of the Kapunda Football Club celebrating 150 years of its...
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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
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