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Crime Scene: MICHAEL ROBOTHAM Close Your Eyes. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

Crime Scene: MICHAEL ROBOTHAM Close Your Eyes. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

by NRB | 27 Oct 2015 | Crime Scene | 0 comments

The CWA Gold Dagger Winner’s latest novel is a return to his much-loved Joe O’Loughlin series. As is often the way with series books, some knowledge of past novels can enhance a reader’s pleasure, and in this case Shatter (2008) is close to mandatory reading...
The Godfather: Peter Corris on changing technologies

The Godfather: Peter Corris on changing technologies

by NRB | 7 Aug 2015 | The Godfather: Peter Corris | 0 comments

A couple of technologies employed by writers and journalists, and thought highly of at the time, have become obsolete in my lifetime. One that comes to mind is the facsimile, which was cheaper and less complicated than earlier forms of transmission like the telex....
NRB Editors nominate their favourite books of 2014

NRB Editors nominate their favourite books of 2014

by NRB | 23 Dec 2014 | Fiction, Non-fiction | 2 comments

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....
The Godfather: Peter Corris on his best books of 2014

The Godfather: Peter Corris on his best books of 2014

by NRB | 19 Dec 2014 | The Godfather: Peter Corris | 0 comments

I’ve read 44 books so far this year. Not a lot, but not too bad given my eyesight. I make a brief note of each book read and give it a mark out of ten so that I can single out the books I’ve most valued. This year, in no particular order, they are: Peter Ackroyd Civil...
Crime Scene: MICHAEL ROBOTHAM Life or Death. Review and overview by Karen Chisholm

Crime Scene: MICHAEL ROBOTHAM Life or Death. Review and overview by Karen Chisholm

by NRB | 4 Sep 2014 | Crime Scene | 0 comments

One of Australia’s great storytellers: Michael Robotham’s crime fiction and the tantalising premise of his new novel. Michael Robotham’s latest novel, published ten years after his first, was more than 20 years in the making. In a recent interview, the author...
             

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