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A just-launched book of critical essays on Robin Hyde, author of the renowned novel The Godwits Fly and a prolific poet, political columnist, travel writer and war correspondent, reflects growing interest in a remarkable writer overlooked in her own lifetime, says its editor Dr Mary Paul. Read more »

SRB Picks of the Week 12 July 2008

:By Jeremy Rose

My childhood bedroom was about 10 metres from the Johnsonville railway line – halfway between Simla Crescent and Boxhill Stations – and the passing trains rattled the Victorian sash-windows next to my bed. The English Electric DM/D Class Units that plied the line had a powerful Cyclops-like headlight and the shadows it cast raced around my bedroom walls.

So why the nostalgia? Read more »