The Red Witch
Reviewed onNathan Hobby’s comprehensive biography, The Red Witch, contextualises the life of Katherine Susannah Prichard (1883–1969) within the personal, political and figurative spheres of twentieth-century Australia. Hobby’s perceptive insights reveal the …
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Poetic Licence
Reviewed onPoetic Licence is a meticulously crafted literary thriller by Perth author Kevin Price. Set primarily in the port city of Fremantle, the book follows Art Lazaar – a professor of …
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The author of this engaging memoir is, indeed, not always diplomatic. On the page she is funny, honest, thoughtful and sometimes mischievous. After over 30 years working in the diplomatic …
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We Can’t Say We Didn’t Know by Sophie McNeill is an evocative and powerful book that thrusts readers into the midst of lives and locations devastated by war and oppression. …
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Vodka & Apple Juice
Reviewed onJay Martin’s memoir takes us from her ordinary life as a senior public servant in Canberra to her experiences as a diplomat’s wife in Poland. Although Jay throws herself into …
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