Posts By DC White
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243Books & LiteratureBook Review: Port Adelaide to Shanghai: Taking Australia’s Game to the World, by Andrew Hunter
NON-FICTION: They said it couldn't be done. Port Adelaide's rivals called it a 'sideshow'. Yet within five years, Port Adelaide had attracted...
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188Books & LiteratureBook Review: The Cubs Roar, by Blanche d’Alpuget
HISTORICAL FICTION: The final book in the sumptuous Birth of the Plantagenets series, The Cubs Roar, illuminates the tumultuous end of Henry...
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161Books & LiteratureBook Review: V2, by Robert Harris
WAR: In WWII, Rudi Graf helps create the world's most sophisticated weapon: the V2 ballistic missile.
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102Books & LiteratureBook Review: Cult Writers, by Ian Haydn Smith
BIOGRAPHIES: 50 notable figures from the modern world of literature and the creative genius that earned them the cult label.
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182Books & LiteratureBook Review: Redhead by the Side of the Road, by Anne Tyler
ROMANCE: An offbeat love story about missteps, second chances and the elusive art of human connection.
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224Books & LiteratureBook Review: If It Bleeds, by Stephen King
HORROR: A collection of four uniquely wonderful long stories, including a stand-alone sequel to the No. 1 bestseller ‘The Outsider’.
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978Books & LiteratureInterview: Pamela Watson: Adventurer, Entrepreneur & Humanitarian
We caught up with the extraordinary Pamela Watson, an ex-pat who embodies courage, joie de vivre, and the willingness to say 'yes'...
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1.1KBooks & LiteratureProject Gutenberg Australia: Free eBooks for the Self-Isolating
No stuffy classics, but rip-snorting actioners, side-splitting comedies and more in this ultimate guide to the best free e-books on Project Gutenberg.
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467Books & LiteratureBook Review: Nicholas Culpeper and the Mystery of the Philosopher’s Stone, by Michael Noble
A fictionalised but accurate look into the life of 17th Century alchemist Nicholas Culpeper, famous for his controversial efforts in bringing basic...
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321Books & LiteratureBook Review: Gerard Hardy’s Misfortune, by Dorothy Johnston
A comedy crime novel of two bumbling police offers faced with a murder in their quiet seaside haven, a small Victorian rural...
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469Books & LiteratureBook Review: Snake Island, by Ben Hobson
When a man learns his estranged son is being bashed by a local criminal while the police stand by, he knows he...
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1.0KBooks & LiteratureRemembering 50 Years of Flashman
In 1969, author George Macdonald Fraser introduced the character of Harry Flashman to an unsuspecting literary world, creating an unexpected phenomenon.
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483Books & LiteratureBook Review: Thirty Thousand Bottles of Wine and a Pig Named Helga, by Todd Alexander
Todd and Jeff, sick of the daily grind of corporate shenanigans, they throw caution to the wind and buy 100 acres in...
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631Books & LiteratureBook Review: Rotten Bodies: A Zombie Short Story Collection, by Steven Jenkins
A collection of fresh, original short zombie stories, told in first person throughout different periods of the apocalypse.
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603Books & LiteratureBook Review: Spine: A Collection of Twisted Tales, by Steven Jenkins
A short collection of eight horror stories taking you beneath innocent appearances, twisted minds and scary monsters, from soft scratches behind the...
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546Books & LiteratureBook Review: Nonsomnia, by Maria Raven
A dark trip of short horror stories featuring tales of resurrection, of hauntings, of visitations and other supernatural trappings, but the thread...
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535Books & LiteratureBook Review: Providence, by Caroline Kepnes
Jon Bronson is an outsider, a loner except for his friendship with Chloe. When he is abducted, the world moves on. When...
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524Books & LiteratureBook Review: The Lost Soul, by Adele Morris
Sondra Carstairs returns to her childhood home on the small Irish island of Anona, the ancient seat of the Keepers, whose forebears...
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579Books & LiteratureBook Review: Meddling Kids, by Edgar Cantero
A parody of the highest order when the adult members of the former Blyton Summer Detective Club reband after 13 years and...
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336Books & LiteratureBook Review: The Brittle Star, by Davina Langdale
The America's wild west, John Evert Burn sets out to rescue his mother, who was captured in a raid by the Paiute...
