Flick Ford

Flick Ford is a former Readings Carlton bookseller

Review — 1 Oct 2020

Unseen by Jacinta Parsons

About 9.5 million Australians live with a chronic illness. Many of these conditions are not outwardly visible, so symptoms and side effects are often experienced by sufferers in solitude.

Unseen

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Review — 27 May 2014

Shy: A Memoir by Sian Prior

As a well-known journalist, broadcaster, teacher and singer who has spent most of her career in the spotlight, it seems quite strange that Sian Prior’s first book should be all…

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Review — 28 Apr 2013

Destroying the Joint edited by Jane Caro

This collection of essays, edited by Jane Caro, was written in response to Alan Jones’s infamous announcement that ‘women are destroying the joint’ and the subsequent retaliation on social media…

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Review — 20 Feb 2013

We are not the Same Anymore by Chris Somerville

A collection of short stories by Tasmanian-born writer Chris Somerville, We Are Not the Same Anymore reflects upon loss, trauma, memory and isolation. Although each tale is varied, there is…

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