Samuel Zifchak

Samuel Zifchak is a former Readings Carlton bookseller

Review — 24 Aug 2014

The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

In his award-winning 2004 novel, Cloud Atlas, British author David Mitchell interwove six disparate stories to form a narrative tapestry, taking the reader on a journey from 1850 to…

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Review — 22 Jul 2014

The Wonders by Paddy O’Reilly

The examination of celebrity culture is not new to Australian author Paddy O’Reilly. In her short story ‘Reality TV’ – recently published in The Great Unknown, an anthology edited…

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Review — 25 Jun 2014

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

Meet Ove: a veritable stick in the mudslide of human advancement. Ove can’t tell the difference between an iPad and a computer, but he can fix a fan heater. Ove…

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Review — 27 May 2014

Travelling Without Gods: A Chris Wallace-Crabbe Companion by Cassandra Atherton

In Travelling without Gods, Cassandra Atherton has assembled an impressive collection of articles, photo-graphs, journal entries and personal reflections that pay tribute to the life and work of Chris…

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Review — 18 Mar 2014

Meatloaf in Manhattan by Robert Power

It seems that Dublin-born Robert Powers is no stranger to the theme of loss. Powers, now living in Australia, has created in Meatloaf in Manhattan a profound study of loss…

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Blog post — 4 Feb 2014

Meet the bookseller with Samuel Zifchak

We chat with Samuel Zifchak about the magic of books, and exactly what makes a striking cover.

Why do you work in books?

Books have always been an instrumental part…

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Review — 29 Jan 2014

A Fairy Tale by Jonas Bengtsson

Do not let the title fool you: there are no fairies – kindly godmother types or otherwise – in Danish author Jonas T. Bengtsson’s third novel. It is a narrative…

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