Non-fiction reads of the week
A moving guide to Aboriginal lore, a memoir of reckoning within the justice system and a stranger-than-fiction true crime tale
By LSJ Staff - 3 min readA moving guide to Aboriginal lore, a memoir of reckoning within the justice system and a stranger-than-fiction true crime tale
By LSJ Staff - 3 min readGuilty Pigs traverses the world of nonhuman animals – and their human owners, guardians, and policy makers – as they brush up against the law.
By Siobhan O'Sullivan - 7 min readA fictionalised retelling of a momentous time of dreaming and scheming in Australian politics
By Amy Dale - 2 min readThe question of whether to include pandemics as a character in 2022 works of fiction is presently plaguing (sorry) publishing circles.
By Amy Dale - 2 min readThe Scottish author always likes to play a game with his readers – and even if you’ve read each of his previous three books, you…
By Amy Dale - 2 min readPosthumous publication of literary works can be a form of farewell to someone admired, a closure.
By Brian Dale - 2 min readI Shot the Devil has all the makings of a classic hard-boiled crime novel, but with a dark sinister twist.
By Keely McDonough - 2 min readEnding a story hurts; but the fear and madness resulting from being gaslighted into it can be a lot worse.
By Kate Allman - 2 min readA heartfelt work of fiction, The Kitchen Front transports you to the English countryside amid the harrowing backdrop of World War II.
By Lucy Nixon - 1 min readFans of the hit podcast Chat 10 Looks 3 by powerhouse duo Leigh Sales and Annabel Crabb will delight in their first co-authored book, which…
By Kate Allman - 2 min readThis imaginative work of fiction sweeps across decades, timestamped to alert to a new date and place in German writer Thomas Mann’s career and his…
By Amy Dale - 2 min readWho is the most reliable teller of your story and history? Is it you, those who’ve loved and protected you, or those who’ve had to…
By Amy Dale - 2 min read