July 2011

Corbett's prose has the clarity, luminosity and beauty of a well-cut diamond, especially when she describes dreamlike aerial visions.

Glowing trees. I have bioluminescent plants in When We Have Wings - hard for writers to stay ahead of reality: see page here.

A well-written piece, I think, which teases out quite a few different issues:

Some of us had dinner together after the launch. The Carrington Hotel was full of guests for Yulefest and we had a Yulefest banquet in the Library, a lovely room with a crackling fire.

The book launch was a fabulous night. We held it in the grand Victorian ballroom, painted in luscious eau-de-nil and gold, of the Carrington Hotel and the co-owner of the hotel, who has a beautiful…

There’s magic in the descriptions of visionary architecture and idealistic modified environments, as well as in the imagined realisation of the ancient human aspiration for flight.

It’s a fascinating read which will keep you guessing all the way…and, maybe, even wishing for some wings of your own. In a word: Unputdownable. – Mary Vernon, The Townsville Bulletin, 9th July 2011

A thoughtful review by Karen R Brooks.

When We Have Wings is Book of the Month for July at Love That Book.

A review in Australian Book Review, July-August 2011 issue.