Fiction - paperback; Giramondo; 160 pages; 2017. Translated from the Spanish by Alice Whitmore. Mariana Dimópulos is an Argentine writer. Her novel All My Goodbyes was first published under the title Cada Despedida in 2010 and was translated from Spanish by Australian translator Alice Whitmore in 2017. The story follows a young woman who travels…

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18.07.2024

‘Remembrance Sunday’ by Darragh McKeon – Reading Matters

Fiction - Kindle edition; Penguin; 279 pages; 2023. And I think of soldiers – uniformed or not. I think of armoured vehicles. Of peacelines. Of barriers. I think of burnt-out cars and firebombs. We regard a memory as a pale re-enactment of a particular moment. I am coming to wonder if, in fact, the opposite…

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21.07.2024

‘The Silver River: A memoir of family – lost, made and found’ by Jim Moginie – Reading Matters

Non-fiction - paperback; Harper Collins; 256 pages; 2024. Jim Moginie (born 1956) is best known as the founding member, guitarist, keyboardist and leading songwriter of Midnight Oil, the seminal Australian rock band, which has sold more than 20 million albums worldwide and provided the soundtrack to my life. (I have seen Midnight Oil live in…

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25.07.2024

‘The Satsuma Complex’ by Bob Mortimer – Reading Matters

Fiction - paperback; Gallery Books UK; 300 pages; 2022. UK comedian Bob Mortimer is a favourite of mine. He has a surreal take on the world and a sense of humour that is both absurd and playful. A former solicitor turned comedian, he is best known for being one half of the comedy double act…

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‘All My Goodbyes’ by Mariana Dimópulos (translated by Alice Whitmore) – Reading Matters

‘Remembrance Sunday’ by Darragh McKeon – Reading Matters

‘The Silver River: A memoir of family – lost, made and found’ by Jim Moginie – Reading Matters

‘The Satsuma Complex’ by Bob Mortimer – Reading Matters

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