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Courting controversy, Emma Martin
Fiction The Suicide Club Sarah Quigley Vintage, $38.00, ISBN 9780143771012 Midway through Sarah Quigley’s The Suicide Club, Lace, one of its three troubled young protagonists, recalls a story told to her by her father, a celebrated film-maker who, along with…
Tagged with: Emma Martin, Issue 119, Sarah Quigley, Spring 2017, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
“thethrillingalchemy”, Emma Martin
From the Cutting Room of Barney Kettle Kate De Goldi Longacre, $30.00, ISBN 9781775535768 Kate De Goldi’s writing for children and young adults has been acclaimed for its vibrancy and verisimilitude. De Goldi often takes the reader into psychologically complex…
Tagged with: Autumn 2016, Emma Martin, Issue 113, Kate De Goldi, Longacre
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
New waters, Emma Martin
Reach Laurence Fearnley Penguin, $38.00, ISBN 9780143571728 Novels about art sometimes also seem to be novels about novels. Laurence Fearnley’s latest work, Reach, not only explores the relationship between life and creative expression but also, in a sense, enacts it.…
Tagged with: Autumn 2015, Emma Martin, Issue 109, Laurence Fearnley, Penguin Books
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review