"The Age" has been running excerpts from various works of fiction over the past week or so as part of their "Summer Reading" section of the entertainment pages. The excerpts don't all appear to be on the paper's website, but here are some links to the Australian works featured so far:
White Earth by Andrew McGahan
- reviewed by Aviva Tuffield in "The Age"
- reviewed by Sally Murphy in Aussiereviews.com
- reviewed by Patricia Irvine in "The Adelaide Review"
The Gift of Speed by Stephen Carroll
- reviewed by Michael McGirr in "The Age"
- reviewed by Kabita Dhara in Boomerang Books
Angel Puss by Colleen McCullough
- reviewed by Marian McCarthy in "The Age"
- profiled by ABC South West WA
