Angels, thistles, murder, a dark past … this week’s giveaway covers all the important subjects. To go in the draw to win these terrific books simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘SPRING #12’ in the subject line and your name...
Stuart Kells gives us an entertaining and enlightening history of the pursuit, collection and housing of books. Kells, a book-trade historian, begins by looking at the songlines and oral traditions that collected myths and legends long before they...
Some time ago I wrote a column called ‘The Umbrellas of Newtown’, hoping people would get the reference, although the film (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) was back quite a way. I wrote about the variability of the spring season – how a day could...
Tim Flannery sends us an urgent but optimistic message in Sunlight and Seaweed. Out of the ashes of investigative newspaper journalism little books have arisen: non-fiction, novella-length essays on topical subjects. Tim Flannery isn’t a...
A free book is a beautiful thing … To go in the draw to win these four beautiful things simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘SPRING #11’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by 6pm...
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...
