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Issue Details: First known date: 2016... September 2016 of Good Reading est. 2001- Good Reading
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2016 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Me My Shelf I : Alan Brough, single work interview (p. 12-14)
10 Amazing Things I Learned while Researching Devour, L. A. Larkin , single work column
'If you set out to write a thriller, you’re going to have to do some research. And while your story will be fiction, you’ll probably uncover more than a few fascinating real-world facts, as Australian thriller author L A LARKIN discovered while researching for her latest novel, Devour.'
(p. 16-17)
The Lives of Secondhand Books, Cath Crowley , single work column
'‘Books, like lovers or friends, mark and change us. And we, in turn, mark and change them.’ Melbourne novelist CATH CROWLEY writes about her longtime love of secondhand bookshops, and how the histories she found and imagined there led her to write Words in Deep Blue.'
(p. 18-19)
Crime Q and A in the Suburbs, Clive Hodges , single work column
'gr reader CLIVE HODGES recently attended a Q&A session at Riverbend Books in the Brisbane suburb of Bulimba with Melbourne writer Jane Harper, author of The Dry. Jane talked about deadlines, a movie adaptation and one attendee asked if the book would pass the Bechdel Test.'
(p. 22)
Book Bite 2 : The Love of a Bad Man, Laura Woollett , single work column
'For some women, bad men cast an irresistibly magnetic spell. Melbourne-based author LAURA ELIZABETH WOOLLETT examines this often fatal attraction in The Love of a Bad Man, a collection of 12 stories based on the lives of real women who sought the love of criminals. In this extract from ‘Eva’, the author imagines the post-coital thoughts of Eva Braun, who met Adolf Hitler when she was 17.'
(p. 27)
Island of Strange Stories, Jennifer Livett , single work column
'Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre has inspired all kinds of fan fiction and adaptations, such as the 1966 prequel Wide Sargasso Sea. But in this new novel by Sydney resident JENNIFER LIVETT, the lives of Jane Eyre characters become entwined with those of real 19th-century Tasmanians, including doomed Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin. Here Jennifer tells us how she came up with the idea for Wild Island.'
(p. 30-31)
Review : The Wrong Hand, Amy Bennett-Simeon , single work review
— Review of The Wrong Hand Jane Jago , 2016 single work novel ;
(p. 34)
Review : A Chinese Affair, Judith Grace , single work review
— Review of A Chinese Affair Isabelle Li , 2016 selected work short story ;
(p. 35)
Review : Selection Day, Lauren Cook , single work
— Review of Selection Day Aravind Adiga , 2016 single work novel ;
(p. 36)
Review : Dangerous to Know, Tessa Chudy , single work review
— Review of Dangerous to Know : Natalie King, Forensic Psychiatrist Anne Buist , 2016 single work novel ;
(p. 41)
Review : Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil, Maryanne Vagg , single work review
— Review of Tell The Truth, Shame The Devil Melina Marchetta , 2016 single work novel ;
(p. 45)
Review : Rebellious Daughters: True Stories from Australia’s Finest Female Writers, Judith Grace , single work review
— Review of Rebellious Daughters : True Stories from Australia's Finest Female Writers 2016 anthology autobiography ;
(p. 50)
Review : How Far Can You Go? My 25-year Quest to Walk Again, Fotini Dangiris , single work review
— Review of How Far Can You Go? : My 25-Year Quest to Walk Again John MacLean , Mark Tabb , 2016 single work autobiography ;
(p. 51)
Review : No Man Is an Island : One Teacher’s Story of How Humanity and Hope Flourished behind Barbed Wire, Amy Bennett-Simeon , single work
— Review of No Man Is an Island : One Teacher’s Story of How Humanity and Hope Flourished behind Barbed Wire Adele Dumont , 2016 single work autobiography ;
(p. 51)
Review : How to Be a Writer : Who Smashes Deadlines, Crushes Editors and Lives in a Solid Gold Hovercraft, Tim Graham , single work review
— Review of How to Be a Writer : Who Smashes Deadlines, Crushes Editors and Lives in a Solid Gold Hovercraft John Birmingham , 2016 single work non-fiction ;
(p. 53)
Review : Saving Jazz, Wendy Noble , single work review
— Review of Saving Jazz Kate McCaffrey , 2016 single work novel ;
(p. 56)
Review : Charlie and the War Against the Grannies, Wendy Noble , single work
— Review of Charlie and the War Against the Grannies Alan Brough , 2016 single work children's fiction ;
(p. 58)
Review : Dragonfly Song, Wendy Noble , single work review
— Review of Dragonfly Song Wendy Orr , 2016 single work children's fiction ;
(p. 58)
Review : Two Troll Tales from Norway, Merle Morcom , single work review
— Review of Two Troll Tales from Norway Margrete Lamond , 2016 single work children's fiction ;
(p. 59)
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