We’ll Stand in that place and Other Stories
Reviewed onThis anthology features nineteen short stories selected from over 240 entries in the annual Margaret River Short Story Competition. The prize winning story, ‘We’ll Stand in That Place,’ by Kit …
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Driving into the Sun
Reviewed onMarcella Polain’s debut novel was the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize shortlisted novel, The Edge of the World, published by Fremantle Press in 2007. Driving into the Sun is her second novel …
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The Palace of Angels
Reviewed onDuring this period in history, when this month’s Australian Prime Minister considers it may be ‘sensible’ to relocate Australia’s Israeli Embassy to Jerusalem, it may also be timely to consider …
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The Children’s House
Reviewed onA wealthy Jewish couple moves into a brownstone house in Harlem once occupied by a community of elderly nuns. The couple, Marina and Jacob, arrive at the house with complex …
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The 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 …
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The Coves
Reviewed onFans of David Whish-Wilson’s trilogy of crime novels featuring Frank Swann will recognise his superb storytelling style and elegant prose in this gripping new work of historical fiction that binds …
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