poems & paintings by Barry Hill & John Wolseley Lines for Birds is the result of a collaboration between two distinguished artists, both long fascinated by nature’s beauty and power. Containing images by acclaimed painter John Wolseley and words by award-winning poet Barry Hill, this book weaves together a conversation between two venerable artists who, in [...]
Archive for the ‘Australia’ Category
by Kim In-Suk MerwinAsia, 2010 The Long Road is a short novel that examines the processes that caused idealistic young Koreans to depart for overseas during the 1990s in the wake of their experiences under Korea’s darker days of military dictatorship in the 1980s. The story centers on a trio of men: Han-Yeong, who although [...]
Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction
Posted in Australia, Fiction on August 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By Luke Davies Ballantine Books, 1998. Like Trainspotting, Candy depicts heroin addicts in a British subculture, but it is set in Australia, not Scotland. “Candy” is the slang name of the unnamed narrator’s two great loves: his girlfriend and heroin. He introduces her to the drug, and they descend from being high on life, love, [...]
