“What connects Damascus to my other books is a search for what makes a good life.” Read more

The First Tuesday Bookclub on the ABC recently held a popular vote for the 10 Australian books to read before you die. We watched with bated breath as the list was released, and thought we’d share it with you it case you missed it. While there will be as much talk about the books not on the list as on it, it really is a great place to start with Australia novels. If there’s anything... Read more

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/v/5ZpupSPaqlM] To smack or not to smack is the question that reverberates through the interconnected lives dissected in Christos Tsiolkas’ award-winning novel, now a prime time ABC TV series, starring Melissa George and Alex Dimitriades. At a suburban barbecue one afternoon, a man slaps an unruly boy. The boy is not his own. It’s a single act of viole... Read more