Tributes to Peter Corris
Peter Corris, the ‘Godfather of Australian crime fiction’, died in his sleep on 30 August 2018. His Godfather columns have been part of the Newtown Review of Books from the beginning, and we feel his loss keenly. Following are some tributes that were given at his...
It Might As Well Be Spring 2018 giveaway
Yes, it’s still August but the the sun is shining, the blossom is blossoming, and hay fever is on the rise. So let’s give away some books to get you in the mood for next month’s series of spring giveaways. To go in the draw to win...
The Godfather: Peter Corris on literary vs popular fiction #2
From time to time discussion still arises about the difference between literary and popular fiction, and their respective merits. Those of us interested in the topic (and I imagine this would include many NRB readers) are often divided. Michael Wilding made his...
The Godfather: Peter Corris on lawn bowls
I’ve never played lawn bowls. I’ve tended to think of it as a game for mature people who could no longer play golf for one reason or another. When I could no longer play golf I had such poor vision I wouldn’t have been able to see from one end of the green to another....
MICHAEL WILDING Growing Wild. Reviewed by Inez Baranay
Growing Wild is the entertaining and instructive memoir of a writer and publisher who always took notice, and always took notes. If you’re starting your writing and publishing life in 2016, can you quite imagine how different things were before the tsunami of...
Midwinter Giveaway 2015
This draw is now closed. Congratulations to our winner – Chris Maher from Sydney! . Michael Wilding: Wild Bleak Bohemia: Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall Wild Bleak Bohemia revolves around the meeting in Melbourne of Marcus Clarke, Adam...
MICHAEL WILDING Wild Bleak Bohemia: Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall. Reviewed by Paul De Serville
This book offers an extraordinarily rich and detailed picture of three literary lives and of 19th-century Victoria. Wild Bleak Bohemia is a remarkable exercise in Australian literary history and it is hard to think of another work which compares with it in scope and...
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