by NRB | 28 Sep 2018 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
Peter Corris, the ‘Godfather of Australian crime fiction’, died in his sleep on 30 August 2018. His Godfather columns have been part of the Newtown Review of Books from the beginning, and we feel his loss keenly. Following are some tributes that were given at his...
by NRB | 19 Jan 2018 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
For the first time in my life I have been threatened with a fine for not voting in an election. This has caused me a little shame. I had to wait until I was 21 to vote (the voting age was not lowered to 18 until 1974), but ever since I’ve voted enthusiastically in...
by NRB | 23 Sep 2016 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
I’ve always disliked meetings. At school I was fidgety and resentful at assemblies and gatherings to commemorate notable events like the death of King George VI and the Battle of the Coral Sea (when did that particular anniversary slip off the school calendar – or has...
by NRB | 21 Jun 2013 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
When I was very young, say seven or eight, my father worked in Bruce Small’s bike shop in Moonee Ponds, the north-western Melbourne suburb made famous by Barry Humphries. We lived in Yarraville in the inner-west, and one day I was astonished to see my father, trouser...
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