22 Jan 2016
First Person Shooter: The Debut Release From Adelaide Author And Screenwriter Cameron Raynes – Book Review
Cameron Raynes (MidnightSun Publishing) 2016, 261pp, RRP Paperback $24.99, E-Book $9.99
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20 Jan 2016
GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD RIDDANCE: HOW THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF JOHN PEEL HELPED TO SHAPE MODERN LIFE – Book Review
The cover of Cavanagh’s formidable tome comes with fond raves about beloved DJ, radio broadcaster, journalist and all-round-good-egg John Peel (1939 – 2004)…
20 Jan 2016
THE BOOK OF HUMAN EMOTIONS: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FEELING FROM ANGER TO WANDERLUST – Book Review
Part of and tied into the ‘Wellcome Collection’ and ‘Wellcome Trust’ (look them up), Smith’s handsome tome is a dictionary of emotions (or, as the introduction…
20 Jan 2016
THE VISITORS BOOK AND OTHER GHOST STORIES By Sophie Hannah – Book Review
Although Hannah is associated with psychological crime fiction and a sort of suburban English noir, this collection of four of her not-quite-short spooky…
19 Jan 2016
1,234 QI FACTS TO LEAVE YOU SPEECHLESS – Book Review
John Lloyd, John Mitchinson and James Harkin (Faber) 2015, 331pp, RRP $22.99
19 Jan 2016
ANTICHRIST By Amy Simmons, From The Devil’s Advocate Series – Book Review
Freelance writer Simmons’ contribution to the ‘Devil’s Advocates’ series is a complex and enlightening analysis of a film that stands as one of writer/director…
4 Dec 2015
BOB DYLAN: ALL THE SONGS – THE STORY BEHIND EVERY TRACK – Book Review
Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon (Black Dog & Leventhal) 2015, 703pp, RRP $60.00
4 Dec 2015
MORE LETTERS OF NOTE: CORRESPONDENCE DESERVING OF A WIDER AUDIENCE – Book Review
The follow-up to Usher’s Letters Of Note (and last year’s similarly lovely Lists Of Note ) is another glossy tome full to bursting with letters (handwritten…
4 Dec 2015
QUEEN, REVISED AND UPDATED: THE ULTIMATE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE CROWN KINGS OF ROCK – Book Review
Sutcliffe’s updated tome (first published in 2009) makes no apologies in claiming that stadium rockers Queen (who decided to remain essentially disbanded since…
4 Dec 2015
STUDYING HOT FUZZ: Neil Archer Gets To Grips With The Second Part Of The ‘Cornetto Trilogy’ – Book Review
One of the lighter-sounding entries in the Studying series (which features offerings upon American Beauty , City Of God , The Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s…
4 Dec 2015
THE BAZAAR OF BAD DREAMS – The Latest Short Story Collection From Stephen King – Book Review
The ludicrously prolific King’s latest (he seems to knock off a bestseller over a weekend these days!) is a bumper collection of short stories, some of which…
4 Dec 2015
THE COMPLETE BEATLES SONGS: THE STORIES BEHIND EVERY TRACK WRITTEN BY THE FAB FOUR – Book Review
This updated version of Turner’s Fab-Four-focussed collection (originally published in 1994) might have had a little of its thunder stolen by All The Songs: The…