kennedy 35: ticking the boxes

The name’s Kite. Lachlan Kite. And he’s a major player in the third instalment of Charles Cumming’s seriously addictive Box 88 series, KENNEDY 35.

Kite’s been front and centre in the two previous novels, Box 88 and Judas 62, and

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sarah walker : the first time i thought i was dying

Sarah Walker’s THE FIRST TIME I THOUGHT I WAS DYING  is non-fiction in the most serious sense.  Within the realm of non-fiction itself there exists a spectrum of easy to difficult reads, from light-hearted memoir to dramatised history to textbooks. 

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the seven: detective fiction heaven

 “The Seven, my dear. We do take ourselves so seriously. Who knows what skeletons our budding historian might find…and in whose cupboards he might find them?”

Those skeletons are legion and come rattling out of copious cupboards in Chris

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is this anything? : some thoughtlines to follow

Legendary American comedian Jerry Seinfeld published a book last year, via Simon and Schuster (Australia), titled ‘Is This Anything?

Seinfeld’s book comprises jokes that he retrieved from his database going back to the 1970’s. The book is indexed by decade …

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dymocks literary lunch : richard osman

At one of the largest Dymocks Literary lunches, organised by the mercurial Judy Benson, Richard Osman was interviewed by Richard Glover, who is the subject of the next literary lunch.

To people who are devotees of British television and games …

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