Book review – The First Friend
Set in the Soviet Union during the peak of Stalinism, The First Friend is an absurdist comedy on the legacy of despots and blood-thirsty dictators.
The Last Woman in the World
A terrifying pandemic plays front and centre in this modern thriller
Case Study
Even fans could fall prey to the trick of this Scottish author’s imagination.
Riccardino
Posthumous publication of literary works can be a form of farewell, a closure even
I Shot the Devil
All the makings of a classic hard-boiled crime novel, with a sinister twist
How to End a Story: Diaries 1995-1998
The fear and madness of gaslighting
The Kitchen Front
A heartfelt work of fiction, The Kitchen Front transports you to the English countryside amid the harrowing backdrop of World War II.
Well Hello
Fans 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…
The Magician
This 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…
After Story
Who 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…
1979
Whilst those emerging from 100-plus days of lockdown in Greater Sydney might be tempted to toss about the phrase “winter of discontent”, this gritty series…