Posted on 22 Apr 2016 in The Godfather: Peter Corris |
I wonder how many people now read Robbery Under Arms, published by Thomas Alexander Browne under the pseudonym Rolf Boldrewood in 1882. Not many, I suspect. The book was very popular in its day and remained so through the 20th century. It was...
Posted on 21 Apr 2016 in Fiction |
This is historical fiction at its best in the final volume of the Tales of Ancient Rome trilogy. Call to Juno is the final volume of the story of Aemilia Caeciliana, a Roman who was married as a teenager to Vel Mastarna, a powerful Etruscan...
Posted on 19 Apr 2016 in Giveaways & Quizzes |
We have a copy of Justine Larbalestier’s new novel My Sister Rosa to give away. To win, simply email us at editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au by 6pm Tuesday April 19 with your name and address and ‘My Sister Rosa’ in the subject line....
Posted on 19 Apr 2016 in Fiction |
The author of young adult novels Liar and Razorhurst crosses into an older readership with this disturbing story of a young man trying to protect his sister from her psychopathic tendencies. I’m sure conservative moral guardians like MPs Corey...
Posted on 15 Apr 2016 in The Godfather: Peter Corris |
I’m no photographer. I’ve never taken a photo that was worth anything more than a record of who was where, when. I know what a good photograph looks like – how the subject has been arranged, an expression caught, the light captured. There is one of...
Posted on 14 Apr 2016 in SFF |
Leviathan’s Blood covers a lot of ground and introduces a whole new world of wonders, all vividly and indelibly portrayed. I’m not overstating things when I say that Ben Peek is one of the most accomplished writers of richly detailed and...