I find it difficult to write fathers. No matter how hard I try, they always turn out to be good. I’ve never had trouble with the mothers in my novels, who have come to mind with faults already sewn in. Or rather, the story comes to mind an...
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Crossing to Safety Wallace Stegner Stegner’s classic, written in his late seventies, on the lifelong friendship between two couples. One of my all-time favourite books. The Spare Room Helen Garner I love this possibly most among all Garner’s b...
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Our most recent Harry Hartog Woden Book Club book was this year's Australian/Vogel Award Winner, "The Yellow House" (Allen & Unwin) by Emily O’Grady. Claire Leyton, bookseller at Harry Hartog Woden, interviewed the book’s extraordinary author, Emily O&rsq...
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8 Jun 2018/Harry Hartog Staff
Dear readers, Welcome to Booklore, our weekly collection of books worth reading; films and television shows worth watching; art worth feasting your eyes on; and podcasts and albums worth your ear time. Natalie, bookseller at Harry Hartog Kotara, is reading "Hey Warrior" by Ka...
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10 May 2018/Harry Hartog Staff
Harry Hartog Woden recently started their first ever book club. Bookseller Claire Leyton was lucky enough to interview the author of Tin Heart, Shivaun Plozza, Woden's first ever book club novel. Shivaun Plozza is an Australian author who writes Children’s and YA novels. Her...
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