ROGER AVERILL Relatively Famous. Reviewed by Jeannette Delamoir
A playful real-but-fake fictional world is conjured in Relatively Famous. The title of Roger Averill’s new novel establishes the theme and slightly arch tone that...
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I’ve met three prime ministers: one serving and two ex. I nearly met another one and I’ve also met a couldabeen – probably a shouldabeen. The first was Gough Whitlam...
Read MoreThe NRB 2013 Boxing Day Quiz: QUESTIONS
Here’s a quiz, just for fun. Sport in Australian literature – not much, but some. How well do you know it? (Answers will be posted separately.) Questions 1 What...
Read MoreThe Godfather: Peter Corris on book launches
An unusual book launch was held recently at Gleebooks, unusual in that three books were celebrated – novels by Michael Wilding and James Murray and a book of mine...
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