Caroline Gardam writes/wrote book reviews that – mostly – appeared in the Saturday edition of Brisbane’s newspaper, the Courier-Mail, back when that newspaper actually published such things as independent book reviews. Some were syndicated across other News Limited titles. The format of most of these reviews is quite short; sometimes it’s difficult to review in 250 words. (Other times, that’s more than enough.)
This site archives book reviews written predominantly in the early 2000s. They may not be reproduced or copied.
Below is a list of links to reviews by title. It might also be helpful to peruse by author via the list on the sidebar to the right. Or whack a term in the search box if you know what you’re looking for.
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: One year of seasonal eating
The art of being a well dressed wife
Blue Covenant: The global water crisis and the coming battle for the right to water
Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet
Creating a World Without Poverty
A cruel bird came to the nest and looked in
How to grow practically everything
Insatiable: Competitive Eating and the Big Fat American Dream
Jason Donovan. Between the lines: my story uncut
A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx
Lady Almina and the story of the real Downton Abbey
Lives Like Loaded Guns: Emily Dickinson and Her Family’s Feuds
The Museum of Unnatural History
North to Matsumae: Australian whalers to Japan
A Perfect Mess: The hidden benefits of disorder
Renovation Nation: Our obsession with home
The Selfish Capitalist: Origins of Affluence
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