The Godfather: Peter Corris on historical fiction
Historical novels have always been my favourite kind of recreational reading. From Baroness Orczy’s Scarlet Pimpernel to Georgette Heyer’s Regency bucks to sterner...
Read MoreHistorical novels have always been my favourite kind of recreational reading. From Baroness Orczy’s Scarlet Pimpernel to Georgette Heyer’s Regency bucks to sterner...
Read MoreSee you at the Toxteth: The best of Cliff Hardy and Corris on crime, published this week, brings together in one volume some of Peter Corris’s best short stories,...
Read MorePeter Corris, the ‘Godfather of Australian crime fiction’, died in his sleep on 30 August 2018. His Godfather columns have been part of the Newtown Review of Books from...
Read MoreWhen you say ‘I read it a hundred years ago’ about a book you’re about to re-read, what you really mean is that you can’t remember whether you read it ten, 20 or more...
Read MoreFrom time to time discussion still arises about the difference between literary and popular fiction, and their respective merits. Those of us interested in the topic...
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