The Memory of Trees
Reviewed onWhen I was growing up in York, an ancient salmon gum standing across the road from my bedroom window was the most steadfast of my childhood companions. Night and day, …
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Three Can Keep A Secret
Reviewed onNight Parrot publishers Linda Martin and Laura Keenan have done it again with their third flash-fiction anthology, Three Can Keep A Secret. ‘It’ in this case is a diverse, compelling and surprising …
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Speakeasy
Reviewed onSpeakeasy is an eloquent collection of poetry is presented in two parts: “Conceal” and “Reveal”. “Conceal” basks in nostalgia, longing and regret while “Reveal” delights in love, desire and life. …
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Between Water and the Night Sky
Reviewed onDescribed as a work of auto-fiction and based on the lives of Simone Lazaroo’s parents, Between Water and the Night Sky focuses on the lives of Francis and Elspeth, who …
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Seafaring: Canoeing Ancient Songlines
Reviewed onAboriginal Australians were master seafarers, master navigators, master astronomers – who possibly sailed as far as Hawaii. These are just some of Gumbaynggirr/Gamilaroi man Victor Briggs’ contentions which, once you’ve …
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Bush Mob Counting
Reviewed onReaders of the ‘Tales from the Bush Mob’ books will recognise Helen Milroy’s colourful patterns and bright illustrations featuring the animal characters from the series. Dingo greets us at the …
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The Cast Aways of Harewood Hall
Reviewed onWell-meaning student Josh rescues two research mice from his university and, without realising the mice could be carrying a deadly disease, hides them in the basement of the Harewood Hall …
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The Glass House
Reviewed onBrooke Dunnell’s The Glass House tells the tale of Julia Lambett, a thirty-something year old Melbournian woman whose marriage is dissolving behind a facade of performative normalcy. When Julia’s elderly …
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Tiny Uncertain Miracles
Reviewed onMarick is a haunted chaplain clinging to a compromised conception of faith. Hugo is a scientist, eccentric and brilliant, incubating miracles in the depths of a hospital laundry. Their lives …
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Initially created to encourage her own daughter following a dyslexia diagnosis, Shannon Meyerkort’s Brilliant Minds shares the profiles of thirty people—from authors and actors to sports stars and ballerinas to …
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