From Lord of the Rings to Green Lantern, innumerable characters in comic books and literature have accidentally stumbled upon magical power-granting items. But what would the legal ramifications be if this occurred in the real world?
As REDgroup Retail, the owner of Angus & Robertson and Borders stores announced this week that it had gone into administration, Guy Rundle writes about the wider implications of the death of the bookshop.
In preparation for the Perth Writers Festival Crikey book blogger Angela Meyer read and reviewed three books including The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog by Andrew O'Hagan.
Did you know Scrooge McDuck and the Beagle Boys did an Inception decades before Christopher Nolan and Leonardo DiCaprio came along? It's true -- and Cracked has conclusive evidence to prove it.
As you peruse 'The Love Book' in today's tabloid newspapers, have a look at the romantic -- and odd -- Valentine's Day language used back in Australian newspapers some 172 years ago, writes Piers Kelly.
It's round two of Twitter book reviews. Angela Meyer commissions her Twitter follows to write mini book reviews in exchange for a free book. See what they think of Australian Encounters by Shane Maloney and Chris Grosz and Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson.
Henry James was one of the first authors to delve into deep explorations of consciousness and perception, and Portrait of a Lady is still a very interesting read these days - particularly in a feminist sense, writes Angela Meyer.
Former professional AFL player, author and columnist Tony Wilson takes the "write what you know" adage to heart, with an intelligent and witty Ben Eltonesque tale of retired soccer playing and aspiring author in his latest book Making News, writes Lisa Down.
Originally published as two autobiographical novels in the 30's, The Berlin Stories focuses on characters encountered by author Christopher Isherwood. The stories make for colourful and fascinating reading and the book deserves every bit of its status as a classic, writes Angela Meyer.
An ‘illuminated novel’ must be more than novel: no minor feat, and no small promise. But Five Wounds lives up to its self-appointed label with five varied stories woven into a powerful multi-layered narrative, writes Lyndon Riggall.
