Research Vs Creativity
Megan Goldin on finding balance for her psychological thriller, The Girl in Kellers Way. It occurred to me while researching blood splatter and murder scene forensics that my Internet browser history […]
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Patricia Highsmith’s Carol: Revisiting the novel & film review
Carol was never meant for the screen. Patricia Highsmith was infamously cynical about the film adaptations of her books, so if she had it her way a film version of […]
What gr read over Christmas
And we’re back! After a brilliant break of overindulgence and finally tearing open the book-shaped prezzies that were waiting patiently under our Christmas trees, Good Reading is back in business […]
Seaside Homicide: An interview with Robert Gott
In an interview that ran in gr earlier this year, Melbourne-based crime author Robert Gott tells us about the bizarre crimes on which his books are based, the unusual process of […]
From the Editor: What makes a good bookshop?
What makes a good bookshop? Thinking back to my bookselling days I always believed it was a great range of books (something for every reading taste), a welcoming atmosphere (somewhere […]
Go Set a High Expectation: The new novel from Harper Lee
As we impatiently await a copy of Go Set a Watchman, published today, Editor of gr Rowena Morcom sympathises with Harper Lee and the immense pressure of following up one of the greatest […]
From the Editor: A life lived in darkness
Editor of gr Rowena Morcom ruminates on Girl in the Dark, the incredible memoir of a woman allergic to light. See below for a chance to win a copy from Bloomsbury. Imagine not […]
From the Editor: The Life of Patricia Highsmith
Rowena Morcom, Editor of gr, takes a look into the life of thriller-writing legend Patricia Highsmith, who loved snails – and not much else. She was a cantankerous genius with a […]
Lisa Genova – All in the Mind
On the eve of Lisa Genova’s new book released in April, Inside the O’Briens, we’ve published an article from gr that we did upon the release of her first book, […]
The Songstress of Oz
Stardom is a complex and taxing experience, compounded by paparazzi scrums and constant media attention. In Song Bird, Mavis Mills – who has taken the stage name of Nikki – […]
