Invisible Boys, Holden Sheppard (Fremantle Press)
October 2019 Book of the MonthIn a small town, everyone thinks they know you: Charlie is a hardcore rocker, who’s not as tough as he looks. Hammer is a footy jock with big AFL ...
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Refuge, Richard Rossiter (UWA Publishing)
September 2019 Book of the MonthRefuge is a meditation on place and belonging which intertwines the stories of a tenderly portrayed and compelling cast of characters. Each in their bush shacks, Greta and Tinny ...
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Step Up, Mrs Dugdale, Lynne Leonhardt (Matilda Bay Books)
May 2019 Book of the MonthWhen Henrietta Augusta Dugdale was denied access to her three young sons because she could no longer bear to live with their father, it evoked within her a keen ...
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Athenian Blues, Pol Koutsakis (Bitter Lemon Press)
December 2018 Book of the MonthAthenian Blues is the first novel in the Stratos Gazis crime series by Perth-based Greek screenwriter, novelist and playwright Pol Koutsakis. Stratos Gazis is a self-described ‘undertaker’ or fixer, ...
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Afternoons with Harvey Beam, Carrie Cox (Fremantle Press)
June 2018 Book of the MonthWe meet middle-aged big-city talkback radio host Harvey Beam at a crucial point in his life: his career has taken a nose-dive, and back in the small town he ...
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The Art of Persuasion, Susan Midalia (Fremantle Press)
May 2018 Book of the MonthSusan Midalia’s first novel and fourth book is a tender, smart and funny meditation on the ethics of reproduction, consumerism, conscience and political conviction. When twentyfive-year-old Hazel meets Adam ...
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You Belong Here, Laurie Steed (Margaret River Press)
April 2018 Book of the MonthJen and Steven meet at sixteen and marry at eighteen. Soon they are the parents of three young children. Initially, the kids keep them together until love turns to ...
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The Rúin, Dervla McTiernan (Harper Collins)
March 2018 Book of the MonthIt has been twenty years since young Irish police officer Cormac Reilly discovered the body of Hilaria Blake in her decaying mansion, and he has never forgotten the two ...
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The Sisters’ Song, Louise Allan (Allen & Unwin)
February 2018 Book of the MonthSpanning 70 years, The Sisters’ Song explores the relationship of Nora and Ida, two sisters growing up in rural Tasmania. Life takes the sisters on diverse paths: Ida longs ...
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