by NRB | 26 May 2023 | Giveaways |
Look, it actually will be winter next week, so don’t miss out on your chance to win a fabulous book pack to curl up with through the chill. To go in the draw to win all four of the titles below, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Winter 3′ in...
by NRB | 20 Dec 2018 | Fiction, Non-fiction |
From fiction to crime to history, essays, memoir and literary letters, the NRB editors choose ten of the reviews we published in 2018 of books we think deserve to go on your TBR pile. Jean’s picks: Ali Smith Winter The first of Ali Smith’s...
by NRB | 23 Nov 2018 | Giveaways |
Four more terrific books to win in our spring giveaway. To go in the draw to win all four, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Spring 6′ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by midnight tonight, Friday 23 November...
by NRB | 27 Feb 2018 | Non-fiction |
There It Is Again is an anthology of Don Watson’s sharp-eyed observations on political and social issues in the 21st century. While Australia is the prime focus, the first of these 47 essays, ‘Rabbit Syndrome’ is devoted to American politics, and the United...
by NRB | 29 Jul 2016 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
In 1974 I held a one-year lectureship in History at the University of Melbourne. I hated it, from the physical setting to the teaching itself. When I was an undergraduate ten or so years before, the History Department had been housed in the imposing Victorian Old Arts...
by NRB | 23 Dec 2014 | Fiction, Non-fiction |
From crime to literature, through ASIO and memoir to the bush – our Editors failed to coincide on a single title. Not all of these books were published in 2014, but they were our stand-out reads of the year. Jean’s picks: Elizabeth is Missing Emma Healey....
by NRB | 11 Nov 2014 | Non-fiction |
The Bush offers a narrative that includes Indigenous people, colonialists, settlers and migrants in a wide-ranging and sophisticated appreciation of our bush heritage. Colonial and post-colonial Australians have always had an ambiguous relationship with the bush. For...
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