Posted on 21 Apr 2017 in The Godfather: Peter Corris |
I’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 handle. But, as well as luck it does require vigilance, and for me, with poor...
Posted on 20 Apr 2017 in Fiction |
This 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 romantic women’s fiction that takes us back in time to the 1920s. There is gin,...
Posted on 18 Apr 2017 in Non-Fiction |
This 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 endured to the age of 81 years when the average life span of her subjects was 46...
Posted on 14 Apr 2017 in The Godfather: Peter Corris |
It’s early days in a long season but the AFL competition has already thrown up some interesting configurations and contradictions. After Hawthorn disappointed supporters and some pundits by failing to achieve a ‘four-peat’ last year, few would have...
Posted on 13 Apr 2017 in Giveaways & Quizzes |
Will 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 by midnight tonight, Thursday 13 April 2017 with ‘EASTER #4’ in the...
Posted on 12 Apr 2017 in Giveaways & Quizzes |
More, 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 midnight tonight, Wednesday 12 April 2017 with ‘EASTER #3’ in the subject...