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How to pick and roast your own chestnuts in NSW this autumn Callan Boys Photo: Wolter Peeters From creamy soups and pork stuffing to decadent cakes, few foods can traverse a menu like the humble chestnut.  "They're wonderfully adaptable and delicious," says Blue Mountains chestnut farmer Beverley Carruthers. "My favourite way to serve them is in a nice big dish, inviting people to peel their own and top with a little knob of butter. Add a glass of red wine and you have a great combination." Australian chestnuts are here for a good time, not a long time, with the season starting this week and...

Sarah Everard case leads to an outpouring of Irish women's experiences as #NotAllMen trends “I am exhausted with the constant feeling of being unsafe" one women tweeted The disappearance of Sarah Everard in the UK has struck a chord with many Irish women who say they are "exhausted" at having to constantly adapt their behaviour Thu, 11 Mar, 2021 - 20:55 Nicole Glennon The disappearance of Sarah Everard in the UK has struck a chord with many Irish women who say they are "exhausted" at having to constantly adapt their behaviour in response to gender-based violence and harassment.  33-year-o...

The Swallowed Man by Edward Carey Edward Carey was the author behind Little, one of my favorite books of 2018. What Carey did was take the few facts that exist about Madame Tussaud’s early life, and weaved a truly wonderful fictionalized biography. Here in The Swallowed Man, he creates what has to be seen as an essential companion piece to the Pinocchio tale. He imagines woodcarver Geppetto swallowed by the monstrous sea creature, somehow surviving, and writing from within the innards of the monster. At one go, it becomes an enchanting meditation on “fatherhood,” on isolation, on re...

Liz Nugent talks about Our Little Cruelties By Each of Liz Nugent’s three previous books has reached the number one bestsellers list in Ireland, and her latest title, Our Little Cruelties, looks set to follow. The story opens with three brothers at a funeral – one of them is in the coffin. But which brother put him there? And why? Liz reads from the opening chapter, then tells us more about her writing… Our Little Cruelties is published in paperback original by Penguin on January 21, £8.99, and available from Amazon. When did you first start writing fiction? I’m not sure about writ...

by E.M. Reapy Elizabeth Reapy’s Natalie is one of those characters who stays with you long after you’ve finished the book she occupies. If “occupies” is even the right word, given Natalie’s preoccupation with not taking up too much space in the world. Fixated on her body and her tendency to binge at times of stress, she takes the reader on a journey – both literal and metaphorical. As she moves through the world, the book begins to resemble a series of linked short stories more than a novel, but there’s something very fitting about where the chapter breaks tend to fall. The gi...