by NRB | 16 Jun 2020 | Non-fiction |
In Good Dog Kate Leaver writes in praise of having dogs in our lives, whether for their health benefits or their loyalty and companionship. When 65-year-old Andy Szasz ended up in hospital with pneumonia and influenza, the doctors put him in a medically induced coma...
by NRB | 8 Oct 2019 | Fiction |
David Vann turns his personal family trauma into a disturbing work of fiction. Most Australian readers will be unfamiliar with the name David Vann, despite the fact he’s frequently compared to literary giants like Cormac McCarthy and Ernest Hemingway in his...
by NRB | 11 May 2018 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
Listening to Stephen Fry’s autobiography (The Fry Chronicles, 2010) with its accounts of his black depressions, it dawned on me that, at the risk of sounding smug and not sufficiently empathetic towards sufferers, I’ve never experienced anything that could be...
by NRB | 18 Nov 2014 | Non-fiction |
The author of Get Well Soon! My (un)Brilliant Career as a Nurse takes more luggage than a backpack on her travel adventures. As a rule of thumb, the worst travel experiences tend to make the best stories, and the best travel experiences are bilge in the story...
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