Monday, July 20, 2015

Books in the Sydney Morning Herald

Author Polly Samson.

Ross Southernwood Samson has structured much of her novel in the present, then the past, present again, then past. Not uncommon.

Publisher turns author in Muse, a novel fixated on world of books

<i>Muse</i>, by Jonathan Galassi. Thuy On Jonathan Galassi sends a valentine to editors and publishers.

Books that changed me: Declan Greene

A reading life: Declan Greene. Playwright and director Declan Greene looks at four works of literature that influenced his writing and thinking.

Book reviews: Black Sheep perfect dinner party fodder

<i>Wicked Charms</i> by Janet Evanovich and Phoef Sutton. Thuy On What to buy in your local bookshop.

J-Law for Melbourne?

Jennifer Lawrence to make The Rosie Project in Melbourne? We'd like to see that

Jennifer Lawrence has signed on to play Rosie Jarman in the film adaptation of <i>The Rosie Project</i>. The book is set in Melbourne, but will the film follow suit? KARL QUINN The Rosie Project is set in Melbourne, but will the film version, starring Jennifer Lawrence, be made here?

Alex Hammond's The Unbroken Line a legal thriller set in Melbourne

Writer Alex Hammond. KAREN HARDY A lawyer turned author admits he's fascinated by the grey areas.

Take three book reviews: Scarlet Gospels, Devil's Advocates, Day Four

Take Three dinkus Colin Steele Colin Steele reviews three horror titles.

Ananyms, or the art of speaking backwards

<i>Illustration: Simon Letch</i> 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.

Tegan Bennett Daylight and the appeal of characters who are works in progress

Six Bedrooms
By Tegan Bennett Daylight 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.

Last Day in the Dynamite Factory review: Secrets at the heart of family discord

<i></i> Gretchen Shirm Annah Faulkner's well structured story has an entrancing narrative sweep that contains a number of family secrets at its heart.

Double Act review: Googie Withers and John McCallum get their own show

<i></i> 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.

The reader's guide to walking: Why we do it and what we think about it

<i></i> 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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