'Cyrano – a contemporary adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac playing at the Melbourne Theatre Company – is another tour de force from Virginia Gay that tempts us with a romantic, all-consuming love fired by intellectual and creative connection. It is clever, witty, challenging, funny, touching and thought-provoking. It’s like a great first date – you get caught up talking and don’t even notice until the place starts closing around you.' (Introduction)
'An astounding fact: some who witnessed firsthand the infamous killing fields of Pol Pot’s regime in Cambodia went blind afterwards. Their eyes could still “see” in a physical sense – their optic nerve remained undamaged. They just couldn’t admit the horrors they had seen.' (Introduction)
'John Tesarsch, a barrister turned writer, almost puts the case for the defence when discussing When Jokers Were Kings, his novel about an Elvis Presley impersonator. “There is nothing easy about writing comedy,” he said in a recent interview. Fortunately he does not need to enter a guilty plea. This novel, his fourth and his first foray into romantic comedy, is gently funny and quietly thoughtful.' (Introduction)
