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Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 27 May 2016 of The Courier-Mail est. 1933 The Courier-Mail
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* Contents derived from the , 2016 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
I’d Prefer a Book Without the Whine, Mike O'Connor , single work single work column criticism
'Trying to forget the staggering hypocrisy of politicians who publicly slam negative gearing and then quietly use it for their own benefit?Falling about laughing as State Treasurer Curtis Pitt explains he’s not stealing money from the public servants’ super fund to prop up his Budget, he’s merely “repatriating’’ it?Wondering how gullible we are imagined to be when Labor Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announces the best person in Australia to run the Commonwealth Games just happens to be a former Labor premier?'
 (p. 29)
Write Words Win, Chelsea Clark , single work review
— Review of The Dry Jane Harper , 2016 single work novel ;
'Books When Jane Harper put her debut novel up for an award she hoped for feedback, but she won, and scored a film deal. First-time authors often talk about the “journey” of writing their debut novel. Frequently it involves a love of story-­telling as a child, endless journal writing, pages and pages of short stories, first drafts and the seemingly never-ending struggle of getting ­noticed by a publisher.None of that is the experience of Jane Harper, whose first novel, The Dry, is ­released on Wednesday.'
 (p. 36) Section: QWeekend
The One Who Got Away : Review, Shelley Hadfield , single work review
— Review of The One Who Got Away Caroline Overington , 2016 single work novel ;
'The Australian settings of previous Caroline Overington novels are a large part of their charm. So it was somewhat disappointing to delve into the Walkley Award winner’s latest to discover it is set in California.'
 (p. 37) Section: QWeekend
The Secret Recipe for Second Chances : Review, Shelley Hadfield , single work review
— Review of The Secret Recipe for Second Chances J.D. Barrett , 2016 single work novel ;
'The Secret Recipe for Second Chances is also a recipe for success in women’s fiction. Sydney chef Lucy has left her lying, cheating husband Leith, who has undermined her for years, the last straw being her loss of the restaurant they created together. ...'
 (p. 37) Section: QWeekend
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