Ramona Koval

A Letter to Layla: Travels to our deep past and near future by Ramona Koval

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November 2020, no. 426
Danielle Clode reviews 'A Letter to Layla: Travels to our deep past and near future' by Ramona Koval

A Letter to Layla is very much a book of our times. Its impetus lies in our rapidly changing climate, and it concludes with the unexpected impact of Covid-19. In between, the book explores both our distant past and our future.

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An interview with Thea Astley

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July 2000, no. 222
'An interview with Thea Astley' by Ramona Koval

The whole of inland Australia is manoeuvred, manipulated by the weather and by seasons, especially if you are in primary industry. I always like the story, I was travelling north once on the plane and the person next to me said that they hadn’t had rain for seven years. They were living out around Mt Isa and the first time it fell, his five-year-old ran in screaming with fright. But that’s probably one of those north Queensland stories.

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Bloodhound: Searching For My Father by Ramona Koval

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May 2015, no. 371
Sheila Fitzpatrick reviews 'Bloodhound' by Ramona Koval

This engaging but disturbing memoir describes Ramona Koval’s obsessive attempts to find herself another father than the one who had brought her up, the ‘Dad’ who was married to ‘Mama’. Dad and Mama, along with most of their circle in 1950s Melbourne, were Jewish immigrants from Poland, among the tens of thousands who came to Australia as displaced persons ...