Salt River Road
Reviewed onSalt River Road is a significant book in the history of Western Australian literary culture. It’s the emotionally compelling story of a mother’s death— which plays out in the opening …
Read moreSnapshots From Home
Reviewed onSasha Wasley has already established herself as an author of contemporary fiction as well as books for children and young adults. She has now expanded that to include historical fiction. …
Read moreThe Sawdust House
Reviewed onDavid Whish-Wilson’s latest novel The Sawdust House is a highly engaging, deeply immersive account of a life story that seems too incredible to have been largely overlooked until now. James …
Read moreThe Veiled Thread
Reviewed onStephen Twartz spins a tale of war and homecoming, following Eiric Sullivan and the Light Horse Brigade to Palestine in 1914 and on to his homecoming and post-war life in …
Read moreThe History of Mischief
Reviewed onThe History of Mischief is a fascinating ‘book within a book’ embodying the adage that truth is often indeed stranger than fiction. The stunning, intricately detailed cover hints at the …
Read moreDeath Leaves the Station
Reviewed onDeath Leaves the Station is Alexander Thorpe’s thoroughly delightful debut novel. Set in 1927, it is a classic whodunnit peopled with idiosyncratic and memorable characters, including a nameless friar, Mariana …
Read moreThe Paris Secret
Reviewed onA wardrobe of Dior gowns, a secret kept for 65 years and three women bound forever by war … The Paris Secret is the latest title by New York Times …
Read moreGoldfields Girl
Reviewed onBy modern standards life on the goldfields was tough but many men, firmly in the grip of gold fever and lured by the prospect of finding an easy fortune, were …
Read moreTrue West
Reviewed onA new novel from David Whish-Wilson is always cause to celebrate and so it is with True West. Set in the years following the Vietnam War, this latest work brings …
Read moreA Thousand Tongues
Reviewed onIan Reid twists together three tales in an examination of conscience demonstrating that “what is right” is rarely a singular narrative or universal truth. As two post-grad student historians in …
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