Monday, December 15, 2014

Books with the Sydney Morning Herald

Deep and meaningful: PJ Harvey. MICHAEL DWYER 12:15am "One grey dove circles the ruins. A jet heads to the base." So begins The Guest Room, from the first book of poetry by PJ Harvey.

Books that changed me: Marieke Hardy

Marieke Hardy Marieke Hardy From The Phantom Tollbooth to F. Scott Fitzgerald, writer and First Tuesday Book Club panellist Marieke Hardy picks her most meaningful reads.

Book review: No Man's Land by Roland Fishman introduces a new action hero

Author Roland Fishman: The creative writing teacher and former journalist has crafted a thriller bracketed by his love of the surf. Winsor Dobbin No Man's Land is the first in a series of thrillers featuring special operative Russell Carter, a man of few words but much action.

Bookshop: Sabine Durrant, June Steenkamp, Michael Leunig, Hannah Chandler

<p></p> Thuy On On the shelf this week: Remember Me This Way, Reeva, The Penguin Leunig, I Don't Like Cheese.

Book review: Marian Keyes - The Woman Who Stole My Life is less grounded

Gallows humour: <i>The Woman Who Stole My Life</i> by Marian Keyes. Lucy Sussex The Woman Who Stole My Life is not quite Keyes at her best, but then she sets a very high standard.

Book reviews: Diary of a Wimpy Kid - The Long Haul, The Jewel, Egg & Spoon

Take Three dinkus Reviewer: Karen Hardy Karen Hardy reveals three children's fiction releases that make perfect Christmas presents.

Frank Moorhouse looks over his shoulder at Australia's creeping surveillance

Watching the spies: Novelist Frank Moorhouse in the grounds of The Quadrangle. LINDA MORRIS The Cold War world of fictional spies has always intrigued Frank Moorhouse. In his new book, he examines real-life surveillance in Australia.

P.D. James' crime fiction always satisfied

Chilling fables: There was nothing cosy about  P.D. James. Jane Sullivan P.D. James was a trailblazer in many ways, adding psychological complexity and a moral compass to her murder mysteries.

Non-fiction book reviews

About Time by Vahram Muratyan Steven Carroll A new biography by Lisa Hilton is a daring interpretation of the life of the "virgin queen",

Politics

Russell Brand packages narcissism as politics

Karmic clanger: <i>Revolution</i> by Russell Brand. Richard King Russell Brand has given serious thought a try, and the results are profoundly piffling. 

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