Posts tagged ‘Australian’
Tony Cavanaugh’s PROMISE
This is not for the faint of heart. It is brutal. It is shocking. And it is completely addictive.
Continue Reading January 31, 2012 at 10:08 pm Leave a comment
Kate Grenville’s SARAH THORNHILL
a thought-provoking story about the lies and half-truths Australia has been built on and the legacy it leaves on future generations.
BOOK BITES: Past The Shallows by Favel Parrett
My video review of PAST THE SHALLOWS by Favel Parrett
The Australian Voice in Fiction: What is it? What should it be?
When judges of our highest literary prize believe an old man from the country speaks for modern Australia is it little wonder our society sits on a precipice of intolerance.
All Things Peter Temple
I have to admit to a bit of cultural cringe when it comes to Australian writing in the crime genre but Peter Temple has completely and utterly broken this down
Aussie Author Month
April is Aussie Author Month, a cross-genre collaboration to support and promote Australian writing.
Andrew McGahan’s THE WHITE EARTH
As part of Aussie Author Month I wanted to review my all-time favourite Australian book
BOOK BITES: Bereft by Chris Womersley
My video review of BEREFT
Continue Reading February 15, 2011 at 11:50 am Leave a comment
Chris Womersley’s BEREFT
This is a rural, gothic masterpiece that is sorrowful, poignant and keeps you enthralled and guessing until the final pages
Favel Parrett’s PAST THE SHALLOWS
Favel deftly captures the harshness and beauty of life at the edge of Australia and her writing will stay with you long after you put the book down.
BOOK BITES: Notorious by Roberta Lowing
My video review of Notorious
Continue Reading September 24, 2010 at 9:38 am Leave a comment
Paul Ham’s VIETNAM: THE AUSTRALIAN WAR
Covers all aspects of the Australia war in Vietnam from the politics at home and abroad through to the changing attitudes at home during the course of Australia’s longest war.
Continue Reading September 17, 2010 at 12:16 pm Leave a comment
Roberta Lowing’s NOTORIOUS
With the desert the beginning is the end is the beginning but on a second look it is completely different. Just like this story.
BOOK BITES: Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
My video post on Jasper Jones
BOOK BITES: The Old School by P.M. Newton
My video post of The Old School by P.M. Newton
John Birmingham’s AFTER AMERICA
Impossibly the action is even more intense and the humour even blacker.
P.M. Newton’s THE OLD SCHOOL
This is a great read written with very distinct style that ebbs and flows. A great new voice in Australian crime fiction
Peter Temple’s TRUTH
Every word literally detonates off the page
Craig Silvey’s JASPER JONES
This will remind you of reading TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD for the first time and the realization of how powerful a book can be.
