PART ONE KINDRED: A Cradle Mountain Love Story by Kate Legge is the engaging biographical story of Gustav Weindorfer and…
‘Wolf Hall’
Hilary Mantel’s epic tome (first in a trilogy) is fictionalised biography of Thomas Cromwell and history of the early Tudor…
Avocado Avenger
DANGER! Here we get to the pointy end of Aussie breakfasts. In the last decade or more, so-called smashed avocado…
Briny Banville
The Sea, a novel by John Banville, is disappointing and full of wordy affectation. Archaic and obscure words are sprinkled…
GOMA is Great
Queensland is not a cultural grey area. Thanks to the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane and the Asia-Pacific Triennial…
‘Conditions of Faith’
Alex Miller’s novel, set in the 1920s, traces the momentous choices facing Emily Stanton, as she moves between Melbourne, Paris,…
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Apparently everybody likes our occasional Germany vs Australia jousts, so here’s anothery. Karl Benz patented the world’s first car in…
‘Gnarled Edge’
The Gallery of Notional & Non Art (GONNA) in Kookynie is finally opening, with the launch of a new exhibition…
Kennedy Kind
Well, for once Australia has scored big time against Germany (not to mention those world wars, of course). Nah, it’s…
This Land is Mine
‘LAND: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World’ Simon Winchester is a prolific writer (33 listed in this,…