God, the Devil and Me
Reviewed onAlf Taylor’s God, the Devil and Me is a searing memoir of the years he spent as a child and adolescent in the Boys House at the New Norcia Catholic …
Read moreThe Emu Who Ran Through the Sky
Reviewed onReminiscent of an Aesop fable, this quintessentially Aussie tale of how the bush animals combine to help young Lofty the emu achieve his dream is a great yarn that conveys …
Read moreBackyard Bugs
Reviewed onMost young children are captivated by insects and will happily while away hours in the garden observing the creatures that live there, and Helen Milroy’s Backyard Bugs is the perfect …
Read morePushing Back
Reviewed onPushing Back comprises thirty-seven gems of fiction by John Kinsella; one of Australia’s literary treasures. While characters, eras, settings, and forms vary, the stories throughout examine human behaviour with unsettling, …
Read moreEveryday Madness
Reviewed onWhen the garrulous and slightly annoying Gloria stops eating, sleeping, and talking, her recently-made-redundant salesman husband Bernard does not know what to do. Their decades-long marriage has produced a son, …
Read moreShine
Reviewed onAn exuberant celebration of the joy and chaos of everyday family life – the highs, the lows and everything in between. Detailed, delightful illustrations by Ruth de Vos expertly capture …
Read moreThe Last Bookshop
Reviewed onThe Last Bookshop is a tale for all those who love books and reading, with an added dash of romance. Cait Copper is the twenty-something owner of city-based bookshop Book …
Read moreWomen of a Certain Rage
Reviewed onTwenty Australian women from a wide range of backgrounds, beliefs and ages have contributed to a thought-provoking anthology on the notion of rage and our complex relationship to it. Among …
Read moreThe Sensation
Reviewed onIn this follow up to The Subjugate, The Sensation further fleshes out a near-future San Francisco: think Silicon Valley gone feral. The technology for neural implants has been hacked and …
Read moreHow to be an Author
Reviewed onHow To Be An Author provides a detailed roadmap of the writing journey, illuminating every imaginable aspect of authorship. Expert insights from Georgia Richter (publishing), Deborah Hunn (teaching), and Claire …
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