by NRB | 10 Jun 2021 | Fiction |
Jen Craig’s novella immerses the reader in the mind of its protagonist as she reflects on reading, writing and remembering. Superficially, Jen Craig’s novella Panthers and the Museum of Fire is the narrator Jen’s response to the draft of a recently completed...
by NRB | 9 Oct 2015 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
I’ve done my writing in some pretty unusual places. The early chapters of the first Cliff Hardy book were written in a Melbourne house that was packed up ready for our move to Sydney. I had a borrowed electric typewriter moored on some boards stretched across a number...
by NRB | 31 May 2013 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
There were no pets when I was growing up. My parents deflected the pleas from my sister and myself for a dog or a cat by saying that children grew too attached to pets and were upset when they died. It was typical of their attitude of avoiding all the realities of...