Book review: 2024 Booker Prize winner Orbital
A single day account which tells the earthly story of being alive.Orbital was today announced as the 2024 Booker Prize winner. The judges said “our…
By Amy Dale - 3 min read
Book review: Nothing More To Tell
An immersive and gripping young adult thrillerPublisher: Penguin Books Australia Author: Karen M. McManus Karen M. McManus is a well-known author of crime novels. She…
By Noa Granek - 2 min read
Book review: Safe Haven
Shankari Chandran’s gripping and persuasive novel of asylum seekers, reads like an open wound.There have been many Australian publications about refugees and asylum seekers. Many…
By Jen Webb - 6 min read
Book review: The Leaves
Author: Jacqueline Rule Publisher: Spinifex PressJacqueline Rule is both a lawyer and a literature specialist, and her debut novel is infused with the finest qualifies…
By Avril Janks - 2 min read
Book review: The Vulnerables
Sigrid Nunez signs a COVID novel that has the same kind of humour, observation and literary references her fans recognise.Author: Sigrid Nunez Publisher: Hachette Australia…
By Amy Dale - 2 min read
Book review: Past Lying
The plot of a dead author’s half-finished manuscript eerily mirrors the real-life disappearance of a young woman. In an Edinburgh lockdown, McDermid’s cold case cop…
By Avril Janks - 2 min read
Book review: Question 7
Author: Richard Flanagan Publisher: Penguin Books AustraliaOver two-hundred-and-seventy-nine pages, Richard Flanagan blends so much autobiography, biography, history, historical fiction, memoir, and probably fiction (but who…
By Reuben Fourt-Wells - 2 min read
Book review: Resurrection Walk
In the latest police-legal procedure combo from Michael Connelly, Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller and his half-brother Harry Bosch join forces to free a woman imprisoned…
By Avril Janks - 2 min read
Book review: Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano’s fourth novel is an emotional family saga that promises to stay with you long after you finish reading itAuthor: Ann Napolitano Publisher: Penguin…
By Sophie Scanlon - 3 min read
Book review: The Broken Places
Russell Franklin’s book is a poetic and emotional fictional account of Ernest Hemingway’s trans daughter, Gloria.Author: Russell Franklin Publisher: HachetteThis story is a fictional account…
By Reuben Fourt-Wells - 2 min read
Book review: The Settlement
An enthralling retelling of the ill-fated Wybalenna settlement, Jock Serong confronts the harsh realities of Australia’s colonial history.Author: Jock Serong Publisher: Text PublishingWarning: Aboriginal and…
By Lucy Nixon - 3 min read