Features
Wednesday, June 18 2008
Rates of Exchange: The Law of Conservation of Literature
"What is a hardcore book buyer of simple means to do when faced with the discovery that books have effectively consumed all available space?" David Pullar explores the book culler's dilemma that is Cash vs. Store credit.
Reviews
Tuesday, February 17 2009
One Morning Like a Bird by Andrew Miller
The writers' reflections on Japanese identity are never undertaken in isolation from the world -- they are informed by a strong awareness of the world beyond their islands.
Monday, February 9 2009
Down to the Crossroads by Guy Rundle
Rundle didn’t know for certain that Obama was going to win. Admit it, neither did you.
Thursday, January 29 2009
The Best Australian Stories 2008, ed. Delia Falconer
This is less a Nick Hornby mixtape, with each selection ordered just so, and more akin to an mp3 playlist, inviting the reader to dip in and out at leisure.
Thursday, October 30 2008
Elephantina by Andrew Drummond
It may be an occupational hazard of the mimic: becoming so focused on the minutiae of tics and idiosyncrasies that the big picture is missing.
Monday, September 22 2008
Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka Galchen
The power of this book is not in its depiction of psychosis -- it’s in how effectively it symbolises this kind of romantic confusion.
