Bush Magic
Reviewed on‘Ziggety-zoo kangaroo!’ So goes the rather adorable catch-cry of this book’s heroine, the adventure-ready Jarrah, whose favourite day of the week is ‘Bush Adventure Day’ with Grandpa. But alas, when …
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Cartwarra or What?
Reviewed onAlf Taylor’s poetry and fiction voiced in Nyoongar English are a collection of his best. Nyoongar histories pay necessary attention to a way of life forced by colonisation. Taylor has …
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Thirty-two years ago, Wendy Davis was attacked by the man who would go on to become one of WA’s most notorious serial killers. In the immediate wake of her pain, …
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The Murder Rule
Reviewed onThe Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan is the gripping new stand-alone thriller by the author of the Cormac Reilly series. When young law student Hannah manipulates her way into joining …
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Rose Interior
Reviewed onTracy Ryan is an award-winning poet and Rose Interior, her tenth collection, is a wide ranging, intelligent and deeply thoughtful book. Themes range from the interior to the exterior, the …
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Alex and the Alpacas Ride Again
Reviewed onPlants are shrivelling and bugs are dying. Something has gone wrong with the binding spell Alex used to trap Kiala, the ancient sprit of destruction, and she knows it’s her …
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Scam at Five Mile Road
Reviewed onSecrets get uncovered when Jack Rhodes is around, whether their holders like it or not. Tough, smart and with a ruthless streak tempered by a sharp moral compass, Rhodes is …
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The Ozone Cafe
Reviewed onIn The Ozone Café, Helen Hagemann delivers a vision of 1960s and ’70s life in a small NSW Central Coast town, her lens a waterfront café. The novel is an …
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Tracks of the Missing
Reviewed onWhen Dek goes out into the bush to help his grandfather track down a group of missing year 12s – including his cousin and his secret girlfriend Jenny, who is …
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So Many Beats of the Heart
Reviewed onMarriage counsellor Evie Shine spends her days fixing other people’s relationships, but when her own marriage unexpectedly crumbles, she grapples to come to terms with the irony. ‘So Many Beats of …
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