7 Jan 2015
SPEECHES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD: And The Marking Of The Events That Did – Book Review
Simon Sebag Montefiore (Quercus/Hachette Australia) 2014, 272pp, RRP $36.99
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18 Dec 2014
HOW TO WRITE YOUR FIRST NOVEL By Sophie King – Book Review
Sophie King (Murdoch Books/Constable & Robinson) 2014, 128pp, RRP $24.99
18 Dec 2014
THE BEDSIDE GUARDIAN 2014 – A Collection Of Some Of The Best Articles from the UK’s Guardian and Observer Newspapers – Book Review
Edited By Becky Gardiner (Faber/Guardian Books) 2014, 310pp, RRP $29.99
18 Dec 2014
THE HISTORY OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL IN TEN SONGS: …From The Perspective Of Author, Journalist And Academic Greil Marcus – Book Review
Marcus, author, journalist, academic, contrarian and one of the key music writers in the English language, here attempts to tell the story of rock ‘n’ roll via…
18 Dec 2014
THE LIFE AND LOVES OF A HE DEVIL: A Memoir By Graham Norton – Book Review
Irish chat show host Graham Norton’s already written one autobiography so rather than write an updated version, he groups his life – and chapters – into things…
18 Dec 2014
THE PROPHECY OF BEES: An Entertainingly Creepy Read – Book Review
Copywriter-turned-author Pateman’s follow-up to The Second Life Of Amy Archer is a rural English psychodrama with horror-ish touches that rather echoes one…
17 Dec 2014
Fiona McIntosh’s Latest Novel “Nightingale” Find Love Within The Carnage Of WWI – Interview
Fiona McIntosh is the British-born but Australian-based author of 28 novels for adults and achieved astonishing commercial success. Her latest novel…
17 Dec 2014
IN HIS OWN WRITE: 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION: The Literary Début From John Lennon – Book Review
Lennon’s literary début, first published in 1964 and written during the height of Beatlemania, is a joyously strange and silly collection of nonsense rhymes…
17 Dec 2014
THE EVIL INSIDE: A Pleasingly Nasty Psychodramatic Horror From Philip Taffs – Book Review
Melbourne-based copywriter and short story writer Taffs’ first novel is a pleasingly nasty psychodramatic horror tale set early in the 21st Century which…
10 Dec 2014
BEHIND THE SCENES: The Life And Cinema Of Dame Judi Dench – Book Review
Judi Dench [With an Introduction by John Miller] (Hachette Australia) 2014, 256pp, RRP $45.00
10 Dec 2014
DOGS HANGING OUT OF WINDOWS: For Pooch Lovers Everywhere ~ Book Review
Orion and Various Contributors (Hachette Australia) 2014, Hardback 144pp, RRP $29.99
10 Dec 2014
HUMOR: A Selection Of Often Awfully Dark And Nastily Funny Short Stories – Book Review
Artist Donwood (best-known for designing album covers for Radiohead including OK Computer , which is why Thom Yorke offers the amusing promotional quote on the…