Review: The Way to Paradise
Books can either reflect the world as the reader already knows it, but in a new and surprising way, or…
Beware of the book that is impossible to forget
Most readers will have experienced the sense of panic of picking up their holiday read, only to realise a few…
Top 5: book titles
My top 5 book titles Where Angels Fear to Tread, E. M. Forster If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things, Jon McGrego…
It’s hard to resist the lure of the perfect book title
Twitter demands the news of the day be condensed into 140 characters. In order to squeeze in our pithy commentary,…
Bibliotourism isn’t just for bibliophiles
We've had agritourism, gastrotourism, sports tourism and volunteer tourism, but could the next big thing in travel be bibliotourism? Just…
Faraway tree or Andy Griffiths’ treehouse? Books for the inbetweeners.
It is not hard to find great books for young children. Libraries and bookshops have considerable areas dedicated to the…
Don’t sweat the small stuff when it comes to books
Nobel Prize winner Bob Dylan said in a recent lecture that you didn't really need to get a book, song…
In defence of gossip magazines
It is easy to despise certain gossip magazines. They build up celebrities before brutally tearing them down with make-up free…
Why write?
The news is not good for writers. One of Australia’s great authors, Frank Moorhouse, is apparently going broke. He is…
Freedom Song, Amit Chaudhuri
It feels as if spring has gone on strike, enabling winter to continue until December. The mercury is sluggish and…
