This conspiracy thriller posits an evil conspiracy embedded in the U.S. government. Be afraid, be very afraid as the Blackbriar spies try to undercover evil-conspirators by their own evil means. Is this book anti-American? Does it foretell the demise of …
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This book will probably become a required textbook for university philosophy students, rather than those seeking to know more about the Romantic painters and poets (although yes they are mentioned ).
It is of medium size but quite …
Hooray! This is the latest, most exciting book by Kerry Greenwood, the twenty second in the series, chronicling the beautiful, sleek, sophisticated, brave, tempestuous and sometimes possibly scandalous adventures of Phryne Fisher in Melbourne during the 1920’s.
The book is …
There’s a lot of death in Hugh Bonneville’s autobiography, PLAYING UNDER THE PIANO. Family, friends, colleagues fall off the twig, but that’s life, in’it? But there’s a lot of love in the book, too, and laughter, great whopping whirls …
Part confessional, part self-analysis, Paul Newman’s memoir, THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF AN ORDINARY MAN, is an extraordinary read.
Begun as a project in 1986 as a collaboration with friend and confidant, two time Oscar nominated screenwriter Stewart Stern, …
This mega novel by Orhan Pamuk is a triumph of confusion, ramblings and boredom. It is historical fiction, set almost entirely on a hypothetical Mediterranean island during the 1901 plague as the Ottoman Empire is disintegrating. The machinations of …
BERTIE BLACKMAN
Bertie Blackman, launching her childhood memoir BOHEMIAN NEGLIGENCE with Madeleine Gray:
Monday 24th October:
https://www.betterreadevents.com/events/bohemian-negligence-book-launch
CHRIS HAMMER
Chris Hammer, Sydney launch of his new crime fiction – THE TILT, launched by ABC’s Kate …
When David Kary, the editor of Sydney Arts Guide, asked me to write something about my upcoming art exhibition, I had to retrieve my research notes to recall what prompted me to make wall pieces out of the covers of …
Adrift, anachronistic, alienated and alone, intelligent and intransigent in equal manner, a “sexual deviationist”, Iris Webber is a woman to reckon with.
Abused housewife, Iris has fled the country town of her torment and travelled to Sydney. It is 1932. …
Dymocks Bookstores have introduced a new kind of author event whereby book lovers can meet authors and hear them talk about their new books in a relaxed environment. The setting is boutique bars around Sydney. Food and one copy of …
