Crime Scene: GARRY DISHER Signal Loss. Review and series overview by Karen Chisholm
Garry Disher has two successful major crime series out – very different from each other, both of the highest possible standard. In 1991 the first of the Wyatt series, Kickback, was released. In an unusual twist for local crime fiction at the time, Disher had created...
The Great Summer Giveaway 2017 #5
Only a few weeks of summer left, but plenty of time to read these four great books … To enter the draw, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with SUMMER #5 in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by 6pm...
LUCY DURNEEN Wild Gestures. Reviewed by Carmel Bird
Durneen has a sharp eye for the meanings woven into the stories of past, present and future. Lucy Durneen teaches writing in Plymouth, England. In 2014 she went to the 13th International Conference on the Short Story in Vienna. In her very long list of...
The Godfather: Peter Corris: old school
Recently I happened to listen to our washing machine going through its paces and my mind went back to clothes washing when I was a kid. Our house in Yarraville had a wash-house, not a laundry, and my mother washed in an electric copper, which heated the water. She...
BEN H WINTERS Underground Airlines. Reviewed by Chris Maher
Underground Airlines is set in modern day USA – basically the same except for one overwhelming difference: the Civil War never happened, and slavery still exists. This novel is quite a feat.Ben H Winters has woven a provocative idea into a compelling narrative, driven...
The Great Summer Reading Giveaway 2017 #4
Summer keeps on keeping on, and here’s your chance to win four more terrific titles to while away the heat. To enter, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with SUMMER #4 in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by 6pm...
ROANNA GONSALVES The Permanent Resident. Reviewed by Suzanne Marks
Roanna Gonsalves’s 16 short stories reveal the aspirations, guilt, and perils of what it is to be an Indian immigrant in Australia in the 21st century. Gonsalves herself came to Australia in 1998 as an international student and pursued her studies while working...
The Godfather: Peter Corris on his El Dorado
I got a phone call from my agent. This was unusual. Usually she emails me along these lines: ‘Dear Peter (we like to observe the formalities. ‘I’ve just processed a royalty from a set of your e-books. I’m sorry it’s so little but …’ I’ll reply thanking her and telling...
PETER DOYLE Crooks Like Us. Reviewed by Linda Funnell
Peter Doyle seeks to unlock the stories behind this extraordinary collection of police mug shots from the early 20th century. Around 1910 the New South Wales Police began photographing some of the people who passed through Sydney’s Central and other inner-city police...
The Great Summer Reading Giveaway #3
What better way to spend summer than reading some great books? Here’s your chance to win all four of these terrific titles. To enter, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with SUMMER #3 in the subject line and your name and address in the body...
The Godfather: Peter Corris on the Rolling Stones
When I first heard the rasp of the Keith Richards riff kicking off ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ (1965), it was like hearing ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ (1956) for the first time. I knew that something fundamental had happened to popular music. The songs were an attack on...
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