21 MAY 2026
The rise and fall of Tom Wills
Tom Wills (standing at back wearing a cap) with his aboriginal cricket team in 1866 outside the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Greg de Moore’s book on Tom Wil...
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9 JUL 2023
Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
A scene from the TV version of Cloudstreet Cloudstreet by Tim Winton is the best Australian novel I’ve read in several years. I preface that by saying I...
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14 SEPT 2014
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
If you can possibly imagine a cross between Thomas Hardy and Wilbur Smith you might begin to conceive the grandeur of Ken Follett’s epic work “The Pillars of ...
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5 SEPT 2014
Havoc in its Third Year
Havoc in its Third Year is a powerful, moving novel set in the religious turmoil of 1630s England. Written by Ronan Bennett, it was only after beginning this...
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30 AUG 2014
Book of Fame
Lloyd Jones has immortalised himself in New Zealand literature through his outstanding 2000 novel “The Book of Fame”. It traces the story of the famous 1905 ...
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