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KATE LEAVER Good Dog. Reviewed by Ashley Kalagian Blunt

KATE LEAVER Good Dog. Reviewed by Ashley Kalagian Blunt

by NRB | 16 Jun 2020 | Non-fiction | 3 comments

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...
DAVID VANN Halibut on the Moon. Reviewed by James McKenzie Watson

DAVID VANN Halibut on the Moon. Reviewed by James McKenzie Watson

by NRB | 8 Oct 2019 | Fiction | 0 comments

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...
The Godfather: Peter Corris on depression

The Godfather: Peter Corris on depression

by NRB | 11 May 2018 | The Godfather: Peter Corris | 3 comments

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...
KRISTY CHAMBERS It’s Not You, Geography, It’s Me. Reviewed by Kylie Mason

KRISTY CHAMBERS It’s Not You, Geography, It’s Me. Reviewed by Kylie Mason

by NRB | 18 Nov 2014 | Non-fiction | 0 comments

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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