by NRB | 7 Nov 2017 | Fiction |
Kaz Cooke’s Ada is like a heartbreaking firecracker, full of fun and history and emotion. The world of the theatre provokes a constant fascination. The razzle-dazzle of performance, whether dramatic or flash, is for the audience an exciting experience. But we...
by NRB | 6 Nov 2017 | Giveaways |
Four more terrific books in our 10th Spring Giveaway! To go in the draw simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘SPRING #10’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by 6pm Tuesday 7 November 2017. As we cannot afford to...
by NRB | 3 Nov 2017 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
I’ve written before about my admiration for Somerset Maugham’s short stories and how, after selling off my entire library when I could no longer read print, the only three volumes I kept were the set of Maugham’s stories. I was in the habit of reading a couple of my...
by NRB | 2 Nov 2017 | Non-fiction |
Bill Wilkie draws us into the heart and soul of the protest movement, revealing the courage, passion and dedication of those who fought to protect Daintree. At first glance this book could be taken for yet another coffee-table tome, printed impressively on paper from...
by NRB | 1 Nov 2017 | Giveaways |
Four more great books to win in our bumper spring giveaways. To go in the draw simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘SPRING #9’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by 6pm Thursday 2 November 2017. As we cannot afford...
by NRB | 31 Oct 2017 | Non-fiction |
A rivetingly flawed biography of one of the most talented Australian Rules footballers to ever pull on a boot. Let’s begin with the flaws. This is a book with 55 chapters and books with so many chapters usually see me casting them aside – they’re just too bitty. It...
by NRB | 30 Oct 2017 | Giveaways |
Yes! Spring is still springing at NRB, even though it feels more like summer. To go in the draw to win four more marvellous books, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘SPRING #8’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email...
by NRB | 27 Oct 2017 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
Eventually the endless media discussion about power prices got to me and, in an idle moment, I fell to counting up the number of sources of electricity and appliances in our relatively spacious one-bedroom flat which is, mercifully, fairly easy to heat and cool. Here...
by NRB | 26 Oct 2017 | Fiction |
A great deal goes on in All the Galaxies as boy and his dog search the secular afterlife, while Scotland groans under a dystopian vision. All the Galaxies is a book that is hard to categorise. It is an odd mixture of dystopian vision, some light horror with a...
by NRB | 25 Oct 2017 | Giveaways |
Be quick … another chance to win in our Spring 2017 giveaways. To go in the draw to win these four great titles, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘SPRING #7’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email...
by NRB | 24 Oct 2017 | Non-fiction |
We have arguably privileged lives yet we feel close to desperation – the paradox at the heart of Briohny Doyle’s Adult Fantasy. I grew up through the 1980s and 90s believing the mantra of you can do anything. As I hastily finished an undergrad...
by NRB | 23 Oct 2017 | Giveaways |
To go in the draw to win these four fab titles, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘SPRING #6’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by 6pm Tuesday 24 October 2017. As we cannot afford to post giveaway bundles...
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