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not right in the head by michelle wyatt

Not Right In The Head

Featured photo – Melbourne author and television producer Michelle Wyatt.

There’s no denying that Alzheimer’s is joked about. Even those most prone to this devastating disease, the elderly, self deprecatingly refer to to it as Oldtimer’s. It may be a …

Literature

peter corris : that empty feeling

As Peter Corris has admitted, he’s addicted to writing. That’s a blessing for those addicted to reading him.

It was only February last year that Allen and Unwin published his 40th Cliff Hardy book. And now the 41st, THAT EMPTY …

Literature

myfanwy jones’ new novel leap

Want a story that leaps off the page? Leap into LEAP.

With a narrative that has all the agility, grace and momentum of parkour, Myfanwy Jones’ novel is leaps and bounds ahead of the pack in recent published fiction.

LEAP …

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peter corris: gun control

Corris-inset

The fortieth book in the Cliff Hardy canon, GUN CONTROL, is sure as a sawn off shottie, powerful and compact.

Impossible to imagine the Australian crime thriller landscape without Cliff Hardy – Peter Corris’ first book, The Dying Trade, …

Literature

the burning room

Cold cases don’t come much hotter than THE BURNING ROOM, the latest Michael Connelly thriller featuring the remarkable LAPD detective, Harry Bosch.

Orlando Merced, a mariachi player, was gunned down a decade ago, but survived, albeit crippled and disfigured. The …

Literature, Music, Small Screen

molly tells, um, his story

Considering Molly Meldrum’s meandering and stumbling interview style, it seems a minor miracle that he lasted on Countdown for so long (thirteen years, from 1974 to 1987). Journalist Jennifer Byrne famously described Meldrum as a ‘truly awful’ interviewer. Others described …

Cinema, Literature

what i love about movies

Fifty film luminaries are asked the question, “What do you love about the movies?” in the handsome and must have (if you love movies) tome, WHAT I LOVE ABOUT MOVIES (Faber and Faber).

From fifty famed film professionals we get …

Literature

rob oakeshott’s story

Not known for towing the line, THE INDEPENDENT MEMBER FOR LYNE is Rob Oakeshott’s plain titled memoir of a political career that has straddled state and federal arenas and proves a policy wonk with integrity may constantly get his

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