While I enjoyed and profited from my 13 years of schooling, I was aware that in some ways school was a prison. Some people felt this strongly and left as soon as they could. I felt it only faintly and occasionally. But you were there from 9 am to...
The author of The Paper House returns with The Gulf, a moving tale of growing up before your time. ‘Can’t believe I met him in Big W. I mean, of all places. Just so romantic to bump into each other in the line. He let me go ahead of him, you know....
Yes, it’s another bundle of fabulous books to win! To go in the draw to snaffle all four, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘WINTER #6’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by 6pm Thursday...
The short stories in Datsunland strike notes of moodiness and dark irony. Dreams and fantasies inform the lives of many of the doomed characters in this moody collection of 14 distinctly ‘literary’ stories. There is much here about fantasy, much...
It’s July, and the nights are getting colder … Take your mind off the wind-chill factor with these terrific books. To win all four, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘WINTER #5’ in the subject line and your name and...
This will be the last of my prison despatches – that is, columns to do with my two-months-plus time in hospital. Unlike some patients who are able to sit in their beds or on their chairs and stare at the walls or occupy themselves with television,...
