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'Among the first things Brenda Niall read about the novelist Martin Boyd, one of her early biographical subjects, was that in 1928 he had been the inaugural winner of the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal for his novel The Montforts. It was published under the pseudonym Martin Mills because Boyd had based the book on his mother's family. Winning the medal revealed his real identity. ...'
'On a recent episode of The Book Club, host Jennifer Byrne, hugging Cory Taylor's latest (and last) book, Dying: A Memoir, to her chest, asked why books about death are trending at the moment. Marieke Hardy, the great niece of irreverent comedian Mary Hardy (who committed suicide in the bath so her family wouldn't have to face the mess), replied: "None of us are comfortable talking about death." ...'
