Book Review

Aug 19, 2019
2 min

Review: Mother of Pearl

Angela Savage came to the attention of the literary world in 2004 when she won the Victorian Premier's Award for an unpublished manuscrip...

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Aug 15, 2019
2 min

The Autumn Murders

Robert Gott's book, the second in this trilogy, is called The Port Fairy Murders, and there's an obvious reason why that book outsells pr...

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Jan 18, 2014
2 min

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

The Fun Home of the title is the family’s funeral home, and this is Alison’s autobiography. This is a book about burial, all right. If ...

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Jun 9, 2012
3 min

Animal People by Charlotte Wood

With animals making the headlines lately - crocs on the prowl, tiger attacks, scavenging wolves, and a court case about the alleged slave...

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Mar 16, 2011
4 min

Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan

Ah, Margo Lanagan. I have to say at the outset, I love this woman’s style of writing. It is dark, it must be said, and it is ... otherw...

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Nov 14, 2010
3 min

THE COOK

Throughout this book, I could not shake the image of the 2011 Archibald prizewinning portrait by artist Vincent Fantauzzo of TV chef Matt...

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