TIM WINTON The Shepherd’s Hut. Reviewed By Tom Patterson
The Shepherd‘s Hut is more than a novel: it has the shape and pattern of a very Australian, very modern, epic. Tim Winton can be hard on his characters. He drowned the...
Read MoreROGER 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...
Read MoreThe Godfather: Peter Corris on book tours
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....
Read MoreThe Godfather: Peter Corris on literary biography
I’ve been reading biographies of two writers I admire in part – Norman Mailer and George Orwell. Literary biography is something I enjoy and the best examples of it,...
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