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“The frequent flyer friar” John McCrystal
Nailing Down The Saint Craig Cliff Penguin Random House, $38.00, ISBN 9780143773740 Those familiar with Craig Cliff’s work will know that he is fond of a kooky premise – a starting-off point that allows him to tread the blurred line…
Tagged with: Craig Cliff, Issue 128, John McCrystal, Penguin Random House, Summer 2019
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Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Imagined pasts, alternative futures, Craig Cliff
The Necessary Angel C K Stead Allen and Unwin, $37.00, ISBN 9781760631529 Salt Picnic Patrick Evans Victoria University Press, $30.00, ISBN 9781776561698 Our Future is in the Air Tim Corballis Victoria University Press, $30.00, ISBN 9781776561179 When a white male…
Tagged with: Allen and Unwin, Autumn 2018, C K Stead, Craig Cliff, Issue 121, Patrick Evans, Tim Corballis, Victoria University Press
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Maybe, maybe not, Craig Cliff
The Writers’ Festival Stephanie Johnson Vintage, $38.00 ISBN 9781775537984 Taken together, Stephanie Johnson’s The Writing Class (2013) and her latest novel, The Writers’ Festival, are a study in ambivalence. Can creative writing be taught? the first asks. Maybe, maybe not.…
Tagged with: Craig Cliff, Issue 112, Stephanie Johnson, Summer 2015, Vintage
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Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Monsters beyond the swampbrink, Craig Cliff
Fiction Lamplighter Kerry Donovan Brown Victoria University Press ISBN 9780864739162 Maria Susanna Cummins’s sentimental novel The Lamplighter (1854) was a bestseller in its time. It tells the story of a mistreated orphan, Gertrude, who’s rescued by Trueman Flint, a lamplighter.…
Tagged with: Craig Cliff, Issue 107, Kerry Donovan Brown, Spring 2014, Victoria University Press
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Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
The dark and dank, Eleanor Toland
The Demolition of the Century Duncan Sarkies Penguin Books, $30.00, ISBN 9780143568902 The Mannequin Makers Craig Cliff Random House, $38.00, ISBN 9781775533849 The Wind City Summer Wigmore Steam Press, $30.00, ISBN 9780992257804 Traditionally, the gothic is a northern genre. The…
Tagged with: Autumn 2014, Craig Cliff, Duncan Sarkies, Eleanor Toland, Issue 105, Penguin Books, Random House, Steam Press, Summer Wigmore
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