by Dave Bradley | Nov 13, 2019 | Book, Books, Reviews
Terry O’Neill (Hachette Australia) 2019, 256pp, Hardback $49.99 A key photographer of many and varied icons (including various Beatles, Rolling Stones and Royals, as well as his once-wife Faye Dunaway, Judy Garland and even Winston Churchill), O’Neill’s many, many...
by Dave Bradley | Oct 6, 2019 | Book, Books, Reviews
Stephen King (Hachette Australia), 485pp, RRP $32.99, e-Book $14.99. The indefatigable King’s latest is yet another doorstop of a book which, despite a vaguely odd structure and the need (once again) for a bit of an edit, proves another of his scathing social...
by Lynette Washington | Oct 1, 2019 | Book, Books, Reviews
[PICTURE BOOK] Beverley McWilliams, Illustrated by Timothy Ide (MidnightSun Publishing) 2019, 32pp, RRP $29.99. Beverley McWilliams’ tale of South Australian aviator and icon, Harry Butler, is a charming story with themes that resonate today. Harry was a child...
by Dave Bradley | Sep 3, 2019 | Book, Books, Reviews
Rob Morrison (Wakefield Press) 2019, 198pp, RRP $24.95 Academic, writer, broadcaster, muso and Adelaidean Morrison’s memoir is structured as a pleasingly non-chronological series of reminisces, many of which revolve around Channel 9’s Curiosity Show, which ran from...
by Dave Bradley | Mar 22, 2019 | Book, Books, Reviews
Alex Michaelides (Hachette Australia) 2018, 341pp, paperback RRP $29.99, Ebook RRP $14.99. Praised by Lee Child (creator of Jack Reacher), Stephen Fry and other luminaries on the cover, this first novel by the Cyprus-born Michaelides has an air of authenticity due to...
by Dave Bradley | Mar 22, 2019 | Book, Books, Reviews
Jo Thornely (Hachette Australia) 2018, 292pp, paperback $32.99 Aussie author, journalist, podcaster and cult expert Thornely’s page-turner study could have been grim indeed, but she’s so funny that you can grin and bear some damn scary stuff. And she’s exhaustively...