Some thoughts on Ross Fitzgerald and Ian McFadyen’s Chalk and Cheese: A Fabrication(Hybrid Publishers: Melbourne, $24.99)

“It’s a great read, funny, wry and just cynical enough but with a strain of hope throughout that reflects reality.” – Bridget Shapter

“Chalk and Cheese  is a work of brilliantly cinematic quality.” –Nigel Marsh, Smart, Stupid & Sixty

“… my current top Australian fiction read this year.” – Eamonn O’Hanlon, The Sydney Institute Review of Books, September 2025

” … quite remarkable writing about the contrasting values that dominate contemporary society … absolutely splendid writing deserving of significant recognition” – AlanJones

“… the writing is superb. The dialogue sparkles, and the descriptions—of the nursing home and the rural hideaway—are vivid without being overwrought.” – Dr Michael Briody, Quadrant, Aug-Sep 2025

“There’s never a dull moment in Chalk and Cheese … It is poignant and funny and will appeal to a very wide audience.” – Ken Spillman, HAVE-A-GO NEWS Oct 2025