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This House of Grief
by Helen Garner

Reviewed by
Belle Place, Aug 2014

It’s difficult to loudly sing the praises of a book that covers such a harrowing subject. I had anticipated the release of Helen Garner’s new non-fiction since early in the year, though the title of the work, in itself, seems…

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Moving Among Strangers: Randolph Stow and My Family

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Books
11 Sep 2014

Belle Place presents the best book covers of September

How to Be Both by Ali Smith I’m immediately engaged by the cover of Ali Smith’s How to Be Both, probably because of its clean use of type paired with a nice image, a design decision I’m particularly partial…

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20 Aug 2014

Belle Place presents the best book covers of August

Vogliamo Tutto (We Want Everything) by Nanni Balestrini This book from Italian writer Nanni Balestrini was first published in 1971. Vogliamo Tutto (We Want Everything) focuses on the ‘hot autumn of 1969’ that started with a big strike at Fiat,…

Q&As and interviews
4 Aug 2014

Q&A with Sophie Cunningham

Belle Place interviews Sophie Cunningham about her new work of non-fiction. This year marks 40 years since Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin on Christmas Eve – what is your motivation for wanting to write this book now? I have always been…

Books
29 Jul 2014

Books you might have missed in July

Given the sizeable number of new releases that arrive in store each month, here are notes from the Readings editorial office on books you might have missed in July. Skylight by José Saramago Jose Saramago first submitted Skylight to a…

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13 Jul 2014

Belle Place presents the best book covers of July

We can get very excited about book covers in the Readings office – the book as object is our trade, after all. Here are our favourite covers for July fiction titles The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. by Adelle Waldman…

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29 Jun 2014

Books you might have missed in June

Given the sizeable number of new releases that arrive in store each month, here are notes from the Readings editorial office on books you might have missed in June. Family Life by Akhil Sharma This is Akhil Sharma’s brilliant second…

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25 Jun 2014

Belle Place’s top picks for July

Your regular columnist, Martin Shaw, was holidaying in Germany last month, young family and reading material in tow, which leaves me the pleasure of reporting on bookish news from the southern hemisphere for July. Far removed from the European continent…

Q&As and interviews
16 Jun 2014

Q&A with Michaela McGuire

Belle Place talks with Michaela McGuire about her new work of true crime. Your book hinges on the case of Anthony Dunning, the 40-year-old man who was pinned to the floor of Crown casino by security staff and who later…

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