Paddy O'Reilly

Books of the Year 2016

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December 2016, no. 387

Originally published in German, Albrecht Dümling’s The Vanished Musicians: Jewish refugees in Australia (Peter Lang), a fascinating compendium of Jewish musicians who found refuge in Australia in the 1930s and 1940s, is now available in Australian Diana K. Weekes’s excellent translation ...

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Books of the Year 2015

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December 2015, no. 377

Jennifer Maiden's The Fox Petition: New Poems (Giramondo) conjures foxes 'whose eyes were ghosts with pity' and foxes of language that transform the world's headlines

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Peripheral Vision by Paddy O'Reilly

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August 2015, no. 373
Debra Adelaide reviews 'Peripheral Vision' by Paddy O'Reilly

Just as there are ways of writing short story collections, there are also ways of reading them. I used to be a rummager, picking through collections, seeking out the title piece, dipping in here and there to ascertain the feel of the stories, then reading the book from start to finish. Conscious now of the architecture of collections, of the fact that the author has ...

Books of the Year 2014

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December 2014, no. 367

Books of the Year is always one our most popular features. Find out what our 41 contributors liked most this year – and why.

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The Fine Colour of Rust  by P.A. O’Reilly

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April 2012, no. 340
Alice Robinson reviews 'The Fine Colour of Rust' by P.A. O'Reilly

Paddy O’Reilly’s début novel, The Factory (2005), was widely commended, and her collection of short fiction, The End of the World (2007), garnered recognition in several major literary prizes. Published under the name P.A. O’Reilly, thereby distinguishing it from the author’s more literary works, O’Reilly’s second novel, The Fine Colour of Rust, marks a departure in style for the author; a shift toward more commercial writing. Even so, O’Reilly’s literary skill and startling wit are evident in this feel-good novel, bringing the fictional town of Gunapan alive in all its homely intricacy, and dust.

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The End Of The World by Paddy O’Reilly

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May 2007, no. 291
Denise O’Dea reviews 'The End Of The World' by Paddy O’Reilly

In 2005, Lisa Gorton, writing in ABR, named Paddy O’Reilly’s The Factory one of the best books of the year. It was O’Reilly’s first novel, but she was already well established as a prize-winning writer of short stories. The End of the World is a collection of those stories, and should secure her reputation as one of our most interesting, if not best-known, literary talents.

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