Books in the Sydney Morning Herald
Ross Southernwood Samson has structured much of her novel in the present, then the past, present again, then past. Not uncommon.
Thuy On Jonathan Galassi sends a valentine to editors and publishers.
Playwright and director Declan Greene looks at four works of literature that influenced his writing and thinking.
Thuy On What to buy in your local bookshop.
J-Law for Melbourne?
KARL QUINN The Rosie Project is set in Melbourne, but will the film version, starring Jennifer Lawrence, be made here?
KAREN HARDY A lawyer turned author admits he's fascinated by the grey areas.
Colin Steele Colin Steele reviews three horror titles.
David Astle Richard Sweatman taught me two words last week. Richard lives with an avid knitter called Jen who spends the odd Sunday tinking and frogging by the fire. Both verbs have nothing to do with techno dancing, but the ancient art of cardigan-making.
Caroline Baum Tegan Bennett Daylight’s writing eye is both compassionate and forensic. Although a realist, she has a heightened, poetic sensibility, capable of conjuring up beautiful images.
Gretchen Shirm Annah Faulkner's well structured story has an entrancing narrative sweep that contains a number of family secrets at its heart.
Michael Shmith From the 1950s to the early years of this century, Googie Withers and John McCallum were an institution. They were bound by profession and by love and devotion. They died within 18 months of each other.
Gerard Windsor Leisure walking is a snowballing business, and increasingly up for analysis. Walking books rely on two staples – the trials and the encounters of the way. With the trials the grimmer they are the better.
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