Poetic Licence
Reviewed onPoetic Licence is a meticulously crafted literary thriller by Perth author Kevin Price. Set primarily in the port city of Fremantle, the book follows Art Lazaar – a professor of …
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The Sawdust House
Reviewed onDavid Whish-Wilson’s latest novel The Sawdust House is a highly engaging, deeply immersive account of a life story that seems too incredible to have been largely overlooked until now. James …
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Pandemic: Patient Zero
Reviewed onWriters, filmmakers and game creators have long explored the idea of a world-changing pandemic (wait no longer!). Amanda Bridgeman’s fast-paced novel Pandemic: Patient Zero is a tie-in to the popular …
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Wildflower
Reviewed onIt’s 1979. Eleven-year-old Jane Kelly is being bullied at school and faces a friendless, lonely summer until Acacia Miller moves next door. The two quickly become inseparable, but not everything …
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Jimmy Dean’s Last Dance
Reviewed onThis genre-defying novel weaves together crime, action and US history with a liberal dash of wry humour. Categorised as an ‘alt history noir detective novel’, the book’s writing is lively …
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Acacia House
Reviewed onVivien Stuart’s groundbreaking novel portrays the pleasures and pitfalls of palliative care through the nuanced narratives of Gabby, Maedhbh and Alice – three dedicated nurses from diverse backgrounds whose worlds …
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The Gallerist
Reviewed onWhen a local woman brings a mysterious painting into widower Mark Lewis’s small art gallery, she tells him it was done by a seventeen-year-old boy with cerebral palsy. Mark, however, …
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Banjawarn
Reviewed onThe silence and red-dirt heat of the WA Goldfields’ mulga country is the stark canvas of Josh Kemp’s stunning debut novel Banjawarn, in which true crime writer Garreth Hoyle seeks …
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Only Birds Above
Reviewed onArthur and Helen marry at the dawn of World War I and are parted almost immediately when Arthur leaves for Egypt with the 10th Light Horse. He returns a sullen …
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How To Shame The Devil
Reviewed onRos Thomas’s latest novella How to Shame the Devil perfectly encapsulates life within Perth where Art Lambkin, now confined to a nursing home, fights a losing battle against Parkinson’s disease …
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