by NRB | 30 Jan 2020 | Non-fiction |
Sticking it to the Man brings together a wide-ranging collection of essays that examine how the counterculture and radical politics have been reflected in popular fiction. In this new book, Nette and McIntyre have produced a companion volume to Girl Gangs, Biker Boys,...
by NRB | 24 Sep 2012 | Fiction |
The creator of the immensely popular Les Norton died on Thursday 20 September 2012. He was a more complex figure than his public image suggested. Bob Barrett loved to stir. The first time I saw him was in a newspaper photograph of the opening...
by NRB | 3 Apr 2012 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
Some writers of popular and big-selling fiction claim that they would be able to write literary novels. I heard Lee Child and Matthew Reilly state this on Jennifer Byrne’s television program, and in a recent article on Bryce Courtenay in the Sydney Morning...
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