Patrick established a blog in 2008 titled 'Hughes's News' to house some of his publications, including his book reviews. You can link to this using the button below.
Patrick was an avid and critical reader, a member of several book groups over the years, a great lover of music histories and biographies and a community activist and policy analyst and developer. Reading was one of the great loves of his life.
His blog Hughes's News houses his writing across these diverse areas of his interests. It is a way to still engage with his thinking and thoughts and to pay tribute to it. There is an alphabetical list of author/title reviews and a search bar to search for a particular review.
Adelaide, D. The household guide to dying
Beaumont, D. Preachin' the Blues: The Life and Times of Son House. Oxford University Press.
Connelly, M. The Lincoln Lawyer. London: Orion Books. (Original 2005)
Dubus, A. House of sand and fog.
'Colour' Victoria Finlay (2002) Colour: travels through the paintbox. London: Sceptre. (7th edition)
Kaplan, R. M. Medical Murder: disturbing cases of doctors who kill. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin.
Kiedis, A. Scar Tissue
Mayle, P. A Year in Provence. Penguin Australia (Original: 1989, Hamish Hamilton)
Dorothy Porter, D. The Monkey's Mask. South Melbourne: Hyland House Publishing.
Shaffer, M. A. & Barrows, A. The Guernsey Literary & Potato Pel Pie Society
Winton, T. Breath
Zusak, M. The Book thief.