"A sinister cabal of superior writers."
Magdalena Ball runs The Compulsive Reader. She is the author of Sleep Before Evening, The Art of Assessment, Quark Soup, and, in collaboration with Carolyn Howard-Johnson, Cherished Pulse and She Wore Emerald Then. She runs a monthly radio program podcast The Compulsive Reader Talks.
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Book Review: The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything by Lou Aronica and Ken Robinson
An eye-opener about the great diversity of unique capability that we all have.
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Book Review: The Greatest Moving Abroad Tips in the World by Lorraine Mace
You won’t want to sit down and read it like you’d read a novel, but using it for an overseas move can prevent costly mistakes.
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Book Review: Valley of Grace by Marion Halligan
Easy to read and slow to digest: the perfect combination.
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Book Review: Lemniscate by Gaynor McGrath
A powerful memoir-styled fiction with a strong ring of reality.
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Book Review: The Snowing and Greening of Thomas Passmore by Paul Burman
Deeply original, powerfully moving, and hugely satisfying.
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Book Review: House of Meetings by Martin Amis
Droll black humour mingled with near purple theatrics.
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Book Review: A Partisian's Daughter by Louis de Bernières
A sad novel which hints at the uncertainty in all of our posturing.
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Book Review: The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
A story about the story: a metafiction that looks at the line between invention and reality and crosses it.
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Book Review: Wombat & Fox - Thrillseekers by Terry Denton
There is always some kind of trouble involved which is gotten through by a combination of luck, cunning, and slapstick.
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Audio Book Review: Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
The whole story is presented in a way that calls to mind the novel's overall timelessness.
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