Monday, November 17, 2014

Books at the Sydney Morning Herald

<i>The Art of Belonging</i> by Hugh Mackay.
Southwood is the fictional suburban creation of sociologist Hugh Mackay, though his "laboratory" bears a remarkable resemblance to an Australian everytown.

Jane Gleeson-White: Inspired by ancient myths.Author Jane Gleeson-White tells of the books that have changed her life

The author has had a life-long obsession with the myths, legends, literature and history of the ancient world.

Francis Plug: How to Be a Public Author book review: amusing and bizarre satire

Francis Plug is the alter ego of author Paul Ewen.
THUY ON Fact and fantasy blur when a real writer writes about a fictional writer writing about real writers.

Bookshop

<p></p>THUY ON This week: Who Knows Tomorrow, Extreme Food, Isabelle of the Moon & Stars, A World of Your Own.

Robert Dessaix's new memoir 'What Days Are For'

Robert Dessaix
SUSAN WYNDHAM Robert Dessaix wrote his latest memoir in a hospital bed, recovering from a heart attack. He talks to Susan Wyndham.

Dark themes abound in early harvest, a literary magazine produced by primary students

Early Harvest literary magazine.KATE STANTON A unicorn stuck in a lava pit, a meal of monkey flesh, a possessed principal, a missing girl - these are the kinds of ideas emerging from the imaginations of primary students publishing their own co-op literary magazine.

Robin Williams: first book off the rank in time for Christmas

First biography since his death: Robin Williams

TIM BARLASS Robin Williams had been fighting depression all his life, says biographer Emily Herbert.


Take Three dinkus
COLIN STEELE Colin Steele reviews titles by Ben Elton, 

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