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1 Adam Thompson : Born into This Linda Funnell , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , May 2021;
— Review of Born Into This Adam Thompson , 2021 selected work short story

'Adam Thompson’s vivid stories encompass resistance, revenge, and hard truths.'
1 Evie Wyld : The Bass Rock Linda Funnell , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , February 2020;
— Review of The Bass Rock Evie Wyld , 2020 single work novel

'Evie Wyld won the Miles Franklin Award for her last novel, All the Birds, Singing. Her latest, set on the coast of Scotland, contains both beauty and violence.' 
1 Belinda Castles : Bluebottle Linda Funnell , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , June 2019;
— Review of Bluebottle Belinda Castles , 2018 single work novel
1 Jacqueline Kent : Beyond Words : A Year with Kenneth Cook Linda Funnell , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , March 2019;

'Award-winning biographer Jacqueline Kent has written books about Beatrice Davis, Hephzibah Menuhin and Julia Gillard, but here she tells a much more personal story of her relationship with the writer Kenneth Cook. '
1 Tributes to Peter Corris Bill Garner , Sofya Gollan , Michael Wilding , Patrick Gallagher , Gaby Naher , Linda Funnell , David Gaunt , Rupert Thomson , Kristin Williamson , David Williamson , Jane Palfreyman , John Kerr , Tom Kelly , David Marr , Stephen Henry Wallace , John Dale , Joel Becker , Marele Day , Karen Chisholm , 2018 single work obituary (for Peter Corris )
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , September 2018;

'Peter Corris, the ‘Godfather of Australian crime fiction’, died in his sleep on 30 August 2018. His Godfather columns have been part of the Newtown Review of Books from the beginning, and we feel his loss keenly.' 
1 Glenda Guest : A Week in the Life of Cassandra Aberline. Linda Funnell , 2018 single work essay
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , February 2018;

'A Week in the Life of Cassandra Aberline exists on the plane of memories, where grief can enlarge small events and erase larger ones.'
1 NRB Editors on Their Favourite Books of 2017 Jean Bedford , Linda Funnell , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , December 2017;
— Review of Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly Adrian McKinty , 2017 single work novel ; An Isolated Incident Emily Maguire , 2016 single work novel ; The Golden Child Wendy James , 2017 single work novel ; Rural Liberties Neal Drinnan , 2017 single work novel

For the first time in NRB’s history, Jean and Linda both have the same title on their books-of-the-year lists. What could it be? Read on to find out …
1 Hannah Kent : The Good People Linda Funnell , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , July 2017;

'With irresistible freshness and sympathy Hannah Kent renders a world that is both recognisable and eerily strange.  '
1 Random Thoughts : On Writing Tips and Publishing Insights from the Sydney Writers’ Festival. Linda Funnell , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , June 2017; Linda Funnell writes about the 2017 Sydney Writers Festival.
1 Random Thoughts: On Recent Biographies of Australian Women Linda Funnell , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , May 2017; 'I love a good biography. During my career I was fortunate to publish two award-winners: Jill Roe’s Stella Miles Franklin and Nadia Wheatley’s The Life and Myth of Charmian Clift. Each was written by a trained historian, each involved a mountain of research, and each took over 20 years to write. They exemplify some of the difficulties of writing biography in Australia: to produce a work that is authoritative, carefully crafted and thoroughly researched takes a long time, and mostly publishers’ advances are modest and the writing has to be financed by other work.' (Introduction)
1 NRB Editors Remember Literary Agent and Friend Rose Creswell Linda Funnell , Jean Bedford , 2017 single work obituary (for Rosemary Creswell )
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , May 2017;
1 Peter Doyle : Crooks Like Us Linda Funnell , 2017 single work essay review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , January 2017; 'Peter Doyle seeks to unlock the stories behind this extraordinary collection of police mug shots from the early 20th century.'
1 David Dyer : The Midnight Watch. Linda Funnell , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , August 2016;
— Review of The Midnight Watch David Dyer , 2016 single work novel
1 Robyn Cadwallader : The Anchoress Linda Funnell , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , May 2015;
— Review of The Anchoress Robyn Cadwallader , 2015 single work novel
1 Ellen Van Neervan : Heat and Light Linda Funnell , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , March 2015;
— Review of Heat and Light Ellen van Neerven , 2014 selected work short story
1 The Secrets Lurking in the Families That Play Together Dark Shadows Over Suburbia Linda Funnell , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6-7 September 2014; (p. 31) The Canberra Times , 6 September 2014; (p. 21) The Age , 6 September 2014; (p. 25)
— Review of Golden Boys Sonya Hartnett , 2014 single work novel
1 Ian Shadwell : Slush Pile Linda Funnell , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , August 2014;
— Review of Slush Pile Ian Shadwell , 2014 single work novel
1 Christine Piper : After Darkness Linda Funnell , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , June 2014;
1 Hannah Kent : Burial Rites Linda Funnell , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , May 2013;
— Review of Burial Rites Hannah Kent , 2013 single work novel
1 Richard Beasley : Me and Rory MacBeath Linda Funnell , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , May 2013;
— Review of Me and Rory Macbeath Richard Beasley , 2013 single work novel
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