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13 February, 2009 This is a cleverly planned and executed first novel. 
13 February, 2009 The title refers to a much-loved but dilapidated pub won by Sean McCabe at cards before his daughter May was born. 
13 February, 2009 In this impressive debut from Melbourne author Steven Amsterdam, set in a not-too-distant dystopian future, nine narratives are linked through the mind of one man as he grapples with a new and uncertain landscape. 
13 February, 2009 In the midst of the global financial crisis, with mortgage stress and property prices dipping, it’s probably timely to look into the murky world of the residential property boom and the main players in that market over the past decade—the ubiquitous real estate agent. 
13 February, 2009 Three women, friends from the ‘old’ days but distanced now by families, jobs and life choices, take to the road in an Elvis-festooned caravan in Harmer’s latest novel, Roadside Sisters. 
13 February, 2009 Peter Klein’s first book was his racing world memoir, A Strapper’s Tale. 
18 December, 2008 Mark Rowlands is a professor of philosophy with a sense of humour, a passion for making others aware of "the wonders of philosophy" (as he calls them) and, for a decade or so, he shared his life with a wolf. 
17 December, 2008 It was, as Alan Bennett tells us, the fault of the dogs: the "bloody dogs" as Prince Philip was famously overheard calling them. 
15 December, 2008 So, Victor Frankenstein had now given us another account of his life and it is rather different to the version he gave to Robert Walton in Mary Shelley's book. 
10 December, 2008 Over the past two centuries most citizens of affluent countries have gained unprecedented freedom and economic independence. 
10 December, 2008 Tim Birkhead's The Wisdom of Birds arrived on my doorstep at the same time as Esther Woolfson's Corvus and I read Woolfson's book first (see my review of Corvus, November 2008). 
10 December, 2008 Esther Woolfson shares her home with a rook named Chicken. 
15 November, 2008 I don’t get it. Writing classes are teeming with prospective novelists yet debut fiction continues to be the wallflower of Australian publishing. 
15 November, 2008 No one writes Regency like Australia’s Anna Campbell. 
15 November, 2008 This book is a strange beast, and not the easiest to review. 
15 November, 2008 Across 4000 nautical miles of mountainous seas and iceberg fields in the Southern Ocean, an Australian patrol pursues an illegal Uruguayan fishing boat. 
15 November, 2008 The Gene Thieves is an exciting near-future thriller revolving around genetics, family secrets and kidnapping. 
15 November, 2008 Storm Peak should have a familiar feel to readers of police procedural fiction: the sexy female sheriff, the laconic detective scarred by the death of his partner, the bullied child grown into a cold-blooded killer...all of the old ingredients are here. 
15 November, 2008 Western Australian poet Barbara Temperton is known for her skill in evoking the natural landscape and ability to reveal the interconnection of the human psyche and the natural world. 
15 November, 2008 With sprinklings of magic realism and a deft hand for compelling characters, Glenda Guest has created one of the loveliest debut novels I’ve read in a long while. 
15 November, 2008 Before diving into a new anthology of short stories there’s always a moment of hesitation or doubt, when the fear of the unknown briefly takes hold and you wonder about the quality of the stories inside. 
15 November, 2008 The list of ‘chick-lit’ with an Australian accent continues to grow with this latest book by Lisa Heidke. 
15 November, 2008 New Zealand-based author Jenny Pattrick is known in her home country for writing bestsellers. 
15 November, 2008 Peter Singer’s new book presents a logical, compelling argument for the need to end world poverty. 
1 October, 2008 In a future Earth ravaged by pollution and climate change, the only hope for the survival of humanity lies in a parallel dimension. |
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