by NRB | 10 May 2018 | Non-fiction |
Robertson is on the right side of history and morality. Surely he can’t be that good, that funny? The title of Geoffrey Robertson’s memoir was inspired by the comment of a senior British public servant when a Blair-government minister intended to...
by NRB | 31 Jan 2018 | Giveaways |
Our final giveaway in this series … To win all four books, simply email us at editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au by 6pm Thursday 1 February 2018 with Summer #6 in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email. As...
by NRB | 25 Apr 2014 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
I’ve never heard an author say, ‘I’m really looking forward to my upcoming book tour. Can’t wait to go to five or six cities in a week and give talks and do signings. Let me at it!’ The book tour is very common in the United States and, by all accounts, it can be...
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