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- Guest review: Rhys Tate on Eoin Colfer’s And Another Thing… 12:55pm Nov 23
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And Another Thing… Eoin Colfer Penguin 9780718155148 Reviewed by Rhys Tate I’ll admit when I heard that Eoin Colfer was ghostwriting a sixth Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy volume, nine years after the death of original visionary Douglas Adams, I fired up the torches and pitchforks and got me a ...
Some years ago when I wasa bookstore girl, I became intrigued by this massive brick of a book called Cross Stitch, which many middle-aged women would get flustered over: ‘You haven’t read it?’ they’d ask. I read...
The Tiger Man of Vietnam Frank Walker Hachette Australia October 2009 9780733623660...
With a million things due and a million to organise (not to mention the inbox) I’m running away today to go for a walk in the mountains with some dear friends. I really, really need it. Yesterday I came back from a business trip to Sydney. ...
I recently reviewed the thriller Ravens, by George Dawes Green, for The Book Show on ABC Radio National. Have a listen, here.
Kathy Charles’ debut novel Hollywood Ending was recently released by Text Publishing. ...
Part One of this interview can be found here. Pictured: Emily Maguire and I before the Sleepers Salon in October. I ask Maguire about the setting. Is it pertinent for this story to be set in Sydney...
In Smoke in the Room, three characters end up in a share house in Sydney. Katie works on instinct and is weighted by an overwhelming empathy. Adam, an American, is grieving and needs to save money to get home. Graeme, an aid worker, has rid himself of possessions and simplified his existence...
Lots of books are getting moved from one place to another this weekend (and categorised and alphabetised) so forgive me for being a bit quiet. It’s not online yet, but my feature interview with Alex Miller, on his new novel Lovesong, has just come out in the November issue ofReadings Monthly. ...
I was very curious when I heard about Liz Sinclair’s project ‘Help Me Write My Book’. Like many writers, Liz has to work to support herself, and of course, work takes time awayfrom whatshe’s really wanting to do – write that book. My first...
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2009 ‘Blogging, Dissent & Solidarity’ session. Kadek Adidharma, Dian Hartati, yours truly, Ng Yi-Sheng & Antony Loewenstein. Pic from official festival Facebook page. I’...
This piece is a mash-up of an undergrad essay from a couple of years ago, plus present thoughts, imaginings and speculation onthe narrative of self in a virtual environment. Storytelling is as old as humanity...
Twitter user @whymicesing (Michelle Farran) is the winner of the double pass to theSpeakeasy Cinema screening ofObscene: A Portrait of Barnet Rosset and Grove Press, along with a burgers and bevvies. Michelle’s answer was My Secret Life and Tropic of Cancer. Cheers for your entries! ...
