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Reviewed onNessa spends her professional life caring for others. When she’s not working at an aged-care home, she is running a wellness retreat on a property gifted to her by her …
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Three Can Keep A Secret
Reviewed onNight Parrot publishers Linda Martin and Laura Keenan have done it again with their third flash-fiction anthology, Three Can Keep A Secret. ‘It’ in this case is a diverse, compelling and surprising …
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Between Water and the Night Sky
Reviewed onDescribed as a work of auto-fiction and based on the lives of Simone Lazaroo’s parents, Between Water and the Night Sky focuses on the lives of Francis and Elspeth, who …
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The Cast Aways of Harewood Hall
Reviewed onWell-meaning student Josh rescues two research mice from his university and, without realising the mice could be carrying a deadly disease, hides them in the basement of the Harewood Hall …
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The Glass House
Reviewed onBrooke Dunnell’s The Glass House tells the tale of Julia Lambett, a thirty-something year old Melbournian woman whose marriage is dissolving behind a facade of performative normalcy. When Julia’s elderly …
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Tiny Uncertain Miracles
Reviewed onMarick is a haunted chaplain clinging to a compromised conception of faith. Hugo is a scientist, eccentric and brilliant, incubating miracles in the depths of a hospital laundry. Their lives …
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T
Reviewed onAlan Fyfe’s debut novel T is immersed in the world of Timothy Ami, or ‘T’, a youth meth dealer/user servicing the Peel region. The novel is meditative and lyrical, affording …
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The Assassin Thief
Reviewed onThe Assassin Thief is a debut fantasy novel from both its author, Madeline Te Whiu, and publishing house, New Dawn Publishing, and is a very promising start to their contribution …
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Blood and Ink
Reviewed onThis pacy crime debut by Perth author Brett Adams will appeal to fans of hard-boiled detective fiction, puzzling plots, and books about literature and writing. When literature professor Jack Griffen …
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The Brink
Reviewed onWith his second novel, The Brink, Holden Sheppard cements himself as a writer to be reckoned with, combining insight, boldness and delicacy in a compelling mystery–psychological thriller. When 13 high …
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