Driving Stevie Fracasso
Reviewed onMost books have at least one inciting incident. But with true rock and roll spirit, Driving Stevie Fracasso has five. In just one day, Rick McLennan – a jaded music …
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Skimming Stones
Reviewed onGrace is working as a paediatric oncology nurse when a chance meeting reconnects her with childhood friend, Nate. She is drawn into an affair with him even as she articulates …
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Hometown Haunts: #LoveOzYA Horror Tales
Reviewed onHometown Haunts: #LoveOzYA Horror Tales is an anthology of fourteen spooky tales by Australian writers. This anthology is part of the Australian Young Adult Literature Alliance (#LoveOzYA) series and is …
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Flock: First Nations Stories Then and Now
Reviewed onFlock: First Nations Stories Then and Now, curated and introduced by Ellen van Neerven, is a wide-ranging anthology featuring stories from twenty Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers. Although the …
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The Hush
Reviewed onThe Hush is set in a post-Covid era Britain struggling to recover from the social and economic crisis of the virus amidst escalating climate concerns, including rising sea levels and …
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The Riviera House
Reviewed onÉliane Dufort is a young artist working at the Louvre in Paris when Germany invades France during the Second World War. Éliane initially finds herself swept up in the race …
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Zou Mat Je (做乜嘢)
Reviewed onZou Mat Je (做乜嘢) is a multilingual zine by Cantonese-speaking writers and artists from across the globe. This collection of illustrations and writing speak to the title ‘做乜嘢’, a phrase …
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Mel and Shell
Reviewed onAward-winning author Julia Lawrinson’s new book for middle readers is set in the 1970s, and explores a friendship between two girls, Mel and Shell, united by their love of ABBA. …
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The Night Village
Reviewed onWhen Simone moves to London from Australia, she does so with expectations of a high-flying journalism career, a slick apartment in an up-and-coming borough and nights of cocktails in chic …
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Locust Summer
Reviewed onIn Locust Summer we meet Rowan Brockman, a twenty-something from regional Western Australia, making a living as a journalist in Perth. Having grown up on a farm in the Wheatbelt, …
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