Category: John Clanchy

John Clanchy’s brilliant new novel ‘In Whom We Trust’

Dec 12, 2019

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in Australian novels, Finlay Lloyd, Historical novels, John Clanchy

The best historical novels vividly evoke the past while illuminating the present. Award-winning writer John Clanchy’s new novel In Whom We Trust exemplifies this. Set in a country town in Victoria just before and during World War I, the plot is narrated through the viewpoints of Father James Pearse and two orphans who came to…
Tenderly caressing sentences

Jun 13, 2018

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in Common Good, david gillespie, John Clanchy, K.a. Nelson, Poetry books, psychopaths, Short stories

Three favourite books I’m always driven by curiosity and apart from work these past few weeks I’ve been spreading my brain too thinly across a vast variety of stimulating books. In the time it takes to write a blog I could have read another book or two. With so many fascinating books piled up –…