Archive for July, 2011

Nordic authors come in from the cold

July 30, 2011
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Nordic authors come in from the cold

There seems to be a bit of a trend for kick-ass Scandinavian thrillers of late. Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy has pushed the Nordic murder-mystery genre into the spotlight and those books have made a whole lot of readers sit up and take notice, but there are lots of other authors waving the Nordic flag....

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Goddard back to best

July 18, 2011
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Goddard back to best

Blood Count, by Robert Goddard (Bantam Press, RRP $40): Author Robert Goddard has been criticised in the past for being a little formulaic with his plot development, but he is back to his best with this latest novel in his quite prolific career. I suppose the fact that his past eight novels have all...

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How to navigate the pantry

July 16, 2011
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How to navigate the pantry

The Modern Pantry, by Anna Hansen (Ebury Press, RRP $69.99): Chef Anna Hansen may have been born in Canada, but we’ll do what we poke the borax at the Aussies for doing, and claim her as our own since she grew up in our fair country. She has made quite a name for herself...

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