by NRB | 27 Jul 2018 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
There is talk of the AFL making changes to the rules of Australian football to make it a more interesting and watchable game. Something such is sorely needed. Attendances are down and many people, including players, confess to turning off the television coverage. In...
by NRB | 1 Dec 2017 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
Continuing from last week, here are some more famous and notable people I have met, however briefly. The Feminist – Germaine Greer said some complimentary things about my writing on a TV program so my publisher invited her to launch a Hardy novel at the Adelaide...
by NRB | 9 Aug 2013 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
For I will consider my cat Jeoffry. For he is the servant of the Living God … Christopher Smart Jubilate Agno The 18th-century ‘mad poet’ Christopher Smart is not the only writer to have celebrated a cat. Raymond...
JUNE WRIGHT Mother Paul series. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm6 December 2024June Wright has faded from view, but in 1948 her novel Murder in the Telephone [ … ]
ANDREW O’HAGAN Caledonian Road. Reviewed by Catherine Pardey5 December 2024This new novel from the author of Mayflies is set in London, but Glasgow is [ … ]
IAIN RYAN The Dream. Reviewed by Ben Ford Smith3 December 2024Iain Ryan’s latest novel continues his fascination with 1980s Queensland and [ … ]
MARINA YUSZCZUK Thirst. Reviewed by Ann Skea28 November 2024Argentinian writer Marina Yuszczuk puts her twist on the vampire novel in [ … ]