VANESSA BERRY Mirror Sydney. Reviewed by Tom Patterson
A series of delightful anecdotes about Sydney Vanessa Berry sets out her brief in Mirror Sydney early. This book is a description of Sydney that doesn’t seek to describe its ‘natural beauty’ but instead focuses on the ‘marginalia, the overlooked and the odd’. To...
Spring 2017 Giveaway #5
Four more terrific books to win in our spring giveaway season. To go in the draw simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘SPRING #5’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by 6pm Thursday 19...
C ROBERT CARGILL Sea of Rust. Reviewed by Robert Goodman
C Robert Cargill proves there is still plenty of life in the post-apocalyptic robotic genre. Post-apocalypses now come in may flavours. One of those is the robopocalypse. Man builds robots, robots become sentient, man tries to reign in robot sentience, robots revolt....
Spring 2017 Giveaway #4
Books, books and more books … our spring fever giveaway continues. To go in the draw to win all four of these wonderful titles, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘SPRING #4’ in the subject line and your name and address in the...
The Godfather: Peter Corris on the Neddies
I was recently honoured by the Australian Crime Writers Association with an award commending me for my long career as a writer in the genre. Michael Robotham, himself deservedly a past winner of Best Fiction awards*, spoke of my work in a way that touched me deeply....
TONI JORDAN Our Tiny, Useless Hearts. Reviewed by Robin Elizabeth
If Toni Jordan were allowed to write a season of Dynasty, the result would be akin to Our Tiny, Useless Hearts. International bestselling, Indie Award-winning Toni Jordan’s fourth novel is a laugh-out-loud look at relationships, break-ups, breakdowns, and hook-ups....
Spring 2017 Giveaway #3
Go on – spring into these four great books. To go in the draw simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘SPRING #3’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by 6pm Thursday 12 October 2017. As we cannot...
KAZUO ISHIGURO The Remains of the Day. Reviewed by Linda Funnell
This classic novel by the recent Nobel-winner gives us the life of an English ‘gentleman’s gentleman’ and invites us to analyse the relationship between master and servant. This year the Japanese-born English writer Kazuo Ishiguro won the Nobel Prize for Literature;...
Spring 2017 Giveaway #2
Spring fever … giveaway fever … Yes, you could win all four of these fab titles. To go in the draw simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘SPRING #2’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by 6pm Tuesday...
The Godfather: Peter Corris on competition
Do popular writers in particular, but other writers in general, compete with each other? This thought was prompted by a quote from historical novelist Bernard Cornwell, which I’ll return to. Did Georgette Heyer compete with Baroness Orczy for top spot in the Regency...
JESSE BLACKADDER Sixty Seconds. Reviewed by Sally Nimon
Sixty Seconds gives a powerful insight into how ordinary people cope with extraordinary events. ‘Christ. The whole lot’s fucked. You think life is OK … but everything can go to shit in a second.’ And in those words lies the essence of Sixty Seconds. This book is not a...
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