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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Private Prosecution
Reviewed onWhen sassy florist Lily Constantine’s body is found bludgeoned to death in her apartment, junior prosecutor Andrew Deacon finds himself in deep water; he had spent the previous night with …
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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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Fromage
Reviewed onWhen food journalist and self-confessed shoeaholic Alex Grant bumps into an old school friend, Marie, while on holiday in Croatia, she is invited to visit the family’s cheese company in …
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The River Mouth
Reviewed onTen years ago, Sandra Davies’s fifteen-year-old son Darren was found shot to death in the Weymouth River. Now, the local police have informed Sandra that her best friend, Barbara, has …
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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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Supervivid Depastoralism
Reviewed onSupervivid Depastoralism is the latest poetry collection from John Kinsella, one of Western Australia’s most prolific authors. The title indicates Kinsella’s continuing concern with environmental degradation (and tacitly Aboriginal dispossession). …
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In Second Innings: On Men, Mental Health and Cricket, former A-grade district cricketer Barry Nicholls walks us through five decades of his life, growing up in suburban Australia, the experiences …
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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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Heading South
Reviewed onGulflander. Overland. Indian Pacific. Maps and timetables and clickety-clack rails. The traveller’s desire to see more and take longer doing it sits at a window seat in Tim Richard’s Heading …
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