Our Fathers Cleared the Bush is a captivating combination of regional history and memoir. ‘When I say I come from Eyre Peninsula, I am sometimes met with a blank look,’ wrote the late Professor Emerita of History at Macquarie University, Jill Roe,...
Our wondrous midwinter giveaway continues. To go in the draw to win these four titles, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘WINTER #4′ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by 6pm...
The author of The Bird’s Child returns with the story of a Romany girl forced to live by her wits when her father is transported to Australia. In the opening chapter of The River Sings, it’s 1819 and Patrin, a young Romany woman, is giving...
Beat the winter blues with this fabulous stack of books. To go in the draw to win all four of these titles, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘WINTER #3’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of...
I was scheduled to appear at the Sydney Writers Festival on 27 May. I was keen to do this because it’d be my swansong, my final book having been published in January, and also because I’d be ‘in conversation’ with actor, journalist and author...
Joyce Morgan’s version of Martin Sharp presents an important portrait of the man and his times. The cultural volatility of the 1960s demanded new ways to express its clashing ideals and philosophies. Late Sydney artist Martin Sharp was one of the...
