Patent Lies, Gail Morgan’s fourth novel, and her first in four years, is that rare beast, a piece of genuine Australian literature…
Courier Mail – Patent Lies article ‘Seriously Australian’ 27 Nov 19934
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Le Chien Andalou – Vogue Magazine Interview
Novelist Gail Morgan has reversed the ‘tradional’ publishing path for writers. After two succesful books, she has decided to publish her third, the surreal The Day my Publisher Turned into a Dog, by herself …
Vogue Magazine Interview by Jamie Grant AUG/SEPT ’89
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Harry Messel and cursive writing changed my life – by Gail Morgan
Harry Messel, the Wyndham scheme and modified cursive handwriting wrecked my life, says Gail Morgan, 30, who like many people her age experienced an education suspended between the old and the new…
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Archetypal mix cooks up into a concoction to savour
There is so much microwave , take-away fiction around . The plots are predictable , the words accessible, the tastings immediate. And with a lot already on my plate…
The Canberra Times article 11 Dec 1994
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The Sydney Weekly – Patent Lies Review ’93
Patent Lies is an engaging satire by Gail Morgan (Allen and Unwin) has three dead characters who rather steal the show… Continue reading “The Sydney Weekly – Patent Lies Review ’93”
Weekend Magazine Book Review – Patent Lies
In search of truth and justice
If you only read one book this summer, make sure it is these two.
Gail Morgan’s Patent Lies and Victor Kline’s Rough Justice are, each in their own way, valuable reappraisals of the Australian way of life and the notion that there could even be such a thing. Continue reading “Weekend Magazine Book Review – Patent Lies”
Mystery, interest flows from diaries
Books within books and fiction woven out of fact are much in vogue at the present. Gail Morgan’s new novel builds a literary mystery an intellectual paperchase, round the primary diary of Captain Cook…
The Adelaide Advertiser article 8 Jan 1994
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Weekend Magazine Article – The Write Stuff
The Write Stuff
Gail Morgan and Victor Kline manage to write novels while sharing a house in Kiama, the care of two energetic nine-year olds, a dog called Doug, and one computer. Continue reading “Weekend Magazine Article – The Write Stuff”
A science-led recovery, but where are all the scientists?
Since Barry Jones, the Minister for Science and Technology, first paraded before us his vision of a new-technology sunrise, a science-led recovery has become one of the hopes for Australia’s future…
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Australian Bookseller and Publisher – Review ’93
This is a clever novel. Nobel prize-winning author Grave Heatherton “the corpse of post war Australia”, lies in state. Continue reading “Australian Bookseller and Publisher – Review ’93”