I’ve never played lawn bowls. I’ve tended to think of it as a game for mature people who could no longer play golf for one reason or another. When I could no longer...
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Read MoreJohn Kinsella’s short stories reveal flashes of beauty amid the bleakness. ‘They were close enough to the dregs of the river to have a water rat dead on their...
Read MoreI’ve lately taken to playing patience – the one-handed card game known in the US and Canada as solitaire. With no skill at cards, this, along with Snap, is a game I can...
Read MoreThis new novel from Natasha Lester is best read with gin and jazz. Natasha Lester gives us all the glitz and glamour of classic romance in her third novel, a work of...
Read MoreThis immensely satisfying biography of Queen Victoria humanises its subject. The final words of Julia’s Baird’s biography of 493 pages are ‘Victoria endured’. Victoria...
Read MoreIt’s early days in a long season but the AFL competition has already thrown up some interesting configurations and contradictions. After Hawthorn disappointed...
Read MoreWill it be you? Who will win our final giveaway bundle of books this Easter? To go in the draw simply email your name and address to editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au...
Read MoreMore, more, more books to enjoy this Easter. To go in the draw to win this book pack, simply email your name and address to editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au by...
Read MoreIs the Easter bunny real? Can chocolate make you smarter? This pile of books may not give you the answers, but it will give you some great reading as our Easter...
Read MoreNothing goes better with Easter eggs than a pile of good books, and we’re giving away a pile of good books every day between now and Good Friday. To go in the...
Read MorePart of the pleasure of reading (or being read to, in my case) is revisiting something with renewed enjoyment or perhaps beneficially changing one’s mind. I experienced...
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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