A Question of Belonging
Reviewed onWhen Ronnie is suddenly widowed and left with little choice but to continue to work the family farm on her own, she must dig deep to fight the emotional isolation …
Read moreCatching Teller Crow
Reviewed onAn intriguing and thrilling tale, Catching Teller Crow is part detective mystery novel, part ghost story and will hook readers from the first page. Alternating between deft prose and lyrical …
Read moreAthenian Blues
Reviewed onPerth has a new world-class crime writer in its midst and his name is Pol Koutsakis. Greek-born Koutsakis has created a tightly packed mystery that moves between the backstreets and …
Read moreMeet Me at the Intersection
Reviewed onThis powerful anthology of short stories, memoir and poetry is an important and compelling contribution to the ‘Own Voices’ literary movement in Australia. This collection showcases stories by First Nations …
Read moreThe Wounded Sinner
Reviewed onAn old man is dying in a grand house in suburban Perth. His son Matthew drives from the small dusty town of Leonora every three weeks to check in on …
Read moreMaximus
Reviewed onWho would ever be a teenager again? The inexplicable waves of emotions, confusing social situations, family discord; it’s all awkward and frankly exhausting. As Mitch, our main character, valiantly tries …
Read moreHive
Reviewed onA.J. Betts’ post-apocalyptic novel depicts a society that lives – architecturally and socially – like bees in a hive. It is a contained world of three hundred people with fixed …
Read moreBenny Bungarra’s Big Bush Clean-Up
Reviewed onMother-daughter duo Sally Morgan and Ambelin Kwaymullina continue their creative collaboration in this environmentally themed picture book, which has much to offer young readers. Vibrant illustrations and rhythmic, onomatopoeic language …
Read moreDuck!
Reviewed onDuck may not have much to say, other than his/her name, apparently but the other farmyard creatures ignore it at their peril. Young readers will revel in turning the pages …
Read moreA Month of Sundays
Reviewed onFour women – Ros, Simone, Judy and Adele – are women of a certain age who are members of an online book club. When Adele is offered a house-sit in …
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