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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: Aphelion by Emily Ballou
Ballou's complexity, sensitivity and sophistication is complemented by a love of character and language, and an undercurrent of subtle humour.
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Music Review: Missy Higgins - On A Clear Night (Special Concert Edition)
There's something compelling about Missy Higgins that goes beyond her specific talent, or the music she produces.
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Book Review: Long Afternoon of the World by Graeme Kinross-Smith
You'll feel that there is some sense not only of a life lived, but a sense of universal meaning that makes up any life.
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Book Review: 10 Steps to Creating Memorable Characters by Sue Viders, Lucynda Storey, Cher Gorman, Becky Martinez
A terrific workbook, simplicity belying its power, and an effective roadmap for directions through the inchoate haze that constitutes pulling together a fully-fledged fictive dream.
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On Song Lyrics and Semantics
The point isn’t to make sense.
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Book Review: The Great Big Show by Justin Lowe
In this epic poem with a Homerian feel, we get a unique sense of history told in the author's rich sensual vernacular.
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Book Review: Above the Starry Frame by Helen Townsend
The real story is in Townsend's imagining.
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Book Review: Cormac McCarthy's The Road
Death, destruction, annihilation, and overwhelming beauty at the end of the road.
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Book Review: The Island by Armin Greder
With its broad sweep of current affairs, I can think of no country, person, or situation where this book wouldn’t be relevant and important.
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'Best-Smeller' Lists: Should You Turn Your Nose Up At 'Top-Ten' Abuse?
Lists include top 10 psychological journeys, books about outsiders, even smelly books. Of course, the 'Top 10 Tales of Metamorphosis' is subject to change.
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