George Delaney
George Delaney is a former Readings Carlton bookseller
Review — 29 Mar 2016
We Ate the Road Like Vultures by Lynnette Lounsbury
When I was about seventeen, I read a passing reference to Jack Kerouac in a novel to the effect that we all grow out of our Kerouac phases towards the…
Review — 25 Apr 2016
The Cauliflower® by Nicola Barker
Nicola Barker’s new novel is a perplexing assemblage of narrative fragments, poetry, scripture, and historical documents, ‘collaged’, to use her own definition, to produce an exploration of faith and myth-making…
Review — 26 Jun 2016
The Serial Garden: The Complete Armitage Family Stories by Joan Aiken & Peter Bailey
This complete collection of Joan Aiken’s stories about the Armitage family is lovely reading for children and adults. Everything you wish your childhood contained – unicorns in the front garden…
Review — 23 Jun 2015
Old Man’s Story by Bill Neidjie and Bill Lang
Old Man’s Story contains the last thoughts of the late Kakadu elder and activist, Bill Neidjie. His two previous books, Kakadu Man and Story About Feeling, are often read…
Review — 25 May 2015
Mislaid by Nell Zink
Mislaid, like Nell Zink’s first novel, The Wallcreeper, is a confident and clever work, but what is most striking is its peculiar style. It’s a bizarre domestic satire…
Blog post — 1 Apr 2015
On reading Tove Jansson
Tove Jansson is most well-known for her children’s series of illustrated Moomin novels, but I’d argue that her fiction for adults is an under-appreciated treasure.
In Fair Play, Jansson…