Book review: Glyph
Ali Smith’s new book is a remarkable anti-war tale of ghosts and sisterhood.
By cwagner - 4 min readAli Smith’s new book is a remarkable anti-war tale of ghosts and sisterhood.
By cwagner - 4 min readGeorge Saunders’ Vigil is a bold, formally inventive novel that dazzles with style, though its emotional depth and originality fall short.
By Vincent Barry - 3 min readWith plenty of dark humour, Morgan Talty’s Night of the Living Rez explores fractured family life on the Penobscot Nation in Maine.
By Reuben Fourt-Wells - 3 min readIn 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 readAnn Napolitano’s fourth novel is an emotional family saga that promises to stay with you long after you finish reading it
By Sophie Scanlon - 3 min readRussell Franklin’s book is a poetic and emotional fictional account of Ernest Hemingway’s trans daughter, Gloria.
By Reuben Fourt-Wells - 2 min readAn enthralling retelling of the ill-fated Wybalenna settlement, Jock Serong confronts the harsh realities of Australia’s colonial history.
By Lucy Nixon - 3 min readA fresh and careful perspective on one of the nation’s most notorious cases
By Amy Dale - 2 min readComedian and commentator Caitlin Moran follows her humorous feminist manifesto with a tongue-in-cheek look at the strange world of men.
By Laura Gamio - 2 min readA mostly forgotten maritime misadventure is transformed into a newly thrilling saga of hubris, nemesis and treachery on the high seas
By Reegan Barber - 2 min readAnn Patchett’s Tom Lake is a delightful tale of a mother recounting a long-ago romance to her adult daughters
By Amy Dale - 2 min readThe Three of Us by British-Nigerian writer Ore Agbaje-Williams is a comedy of manners and much more, touching on truths about friendships, expectations around marriage,…
By Avril Janks - 2 min read