It is a long-standing landmark of culinary excellence, and after more than a decade of serving some of Sydney’s most innovative food, Mark Best and Pasi Petanan have finally created a cook book to match their cuisine. Full of beautiful photographs of many of Marque’s signature... (
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It comes weighted with a decade’s worth of anticipation. Yet Jeffrey Eugenides’ third novel comes as light relief, compared to his two earlier works of fiction, ‘Middlesex’ and the ‘Virgin Suicides’.
It’s the early 1980’s, and American coll... (
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Reviewed by Berkelouw Newtown
“Scenes from a Provincial Life” is a collection of Coetzee’s three earlier works – Boyhood, Youth and Summer time. All are memoirs, though the later has been categorised as ‘fiction’ despite its no-less obvious references to the author himself.
It begi... (
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Reviewed by Nicole Mansour, Berkelouw Newtown
English writer Alan Hollinghurst is often classified as two things: the Henry James of his time, and an acute chronicler of gay experience in London.
His latest work, “The Stranger’s Child”, is his first since winning the Booker prize for “The Line of Beauty&rdquo... (
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I read Rilke’s 'Elegies' while staying on a property about 20km’s west of Alice Springs. It was December – so it was oven hot and I survived most days by planting myself in a hammock under a tree outfront our fibro, aircon-less hut with an assortment of books, ... (
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Cormac McCarthy creates a startling vision of sombre clarity with his novel ‘The Road’. From the first chapter an almost tangible desperation emanates from the main characters and its contagiousness is unavoidable to the reader. A nameless horror has desecrated the Earth (undou... (
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'Pale fire' is a 999 line poem presented in four cantos by American poet John Shade in which he reflects upon death, the afterlife and how the creative process can help us understand the universe... or is it? It could be about King Charles II, the deposed king of Zembla, and his daring escap... (
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It’s the story of a dinner guest who refuses to leave. In Ali Smith’s latest novel, this quirky premise develops into a satirical look on the way we live today.
The story begins at a dinner party in Greenwich. Invited along by casual acquaintance Mark, Miles quietly slips u... (
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Very nice little surprise!
This book looks at several individuals, their lives and ideally the spaces in which they work, reside in and where they go to have a break and have fun.
This varies from graphic designers and architects to shop owners and peanut vendors!
Each individual giv... (
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Reviewed by Michaela Savina - Berkelouw Newtown
I once lived in a suburb that had a members only golf course, private yachts and there was a patisserie 25 steps from my apartment building, it was very rock and roll, I was very bored. That is until I started reading Just Kids by Patti Smith, with Ms Smith’s greatest hits blaring and my no... (
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Review by Guy, Berkelouw Newtown
In Making Girls and Boys, Jane McCredie challenges the common notion of opposite sexes and clearly defined genders. Beginning at the beginning, with the issue of conceiving, McCredie works her way towards breaking down the binary between the ... (
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Review by Alistair,Berkelouw Newtown
If you missed out on having a tree house as a child this is the book for you. This spectacular 192 page book includes photographic evidence of some of the most impressive treehouses ever created. Author and builder Alain Laurens creations are not only breatht... (
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Review by Claire Brill and Rachel Burke, Berkelouw Newtown
The title of this marvellous book speaks for itself; we do Love Macarons, and so should you. Have you ever walked into your kitchen and wanted to bake a scrumptious batch of macarons but been afraid of how many steps would be involved in... (
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Review by Claire Brill and Rachel Burke, Berkelouw Newtown
We once thought it was strange that the people of Surry Hills lined up on a Saturday morning to buy baked goods on Bourke Street, but having done so ourselves one fateful Saturday morning our lives were never the same again. This cook bo... (
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