Book review: Audition
Katie Kitamura’s new novel is a puzzling, and compelling story that continues to explore the themes of marriage she introduced in her previous work.
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…
I Alone Can Fix it
Set to be released in Australia just days before the anniversary of the 2020 US election, this is best enjoyed as a companion read with…
Beautiful World, Where Are You
In a world of climate destruction, rising inequality and a pervading millennial malaise, why, two young women ponder, do humans remain “so stupid about each-other?”
Ethel Rosenberg: A Cold War Tragedy
Criminal cases are adversarial. Prosecutors and defence pushing their views at the expense of the other.
The Other Black Girl
Hailed in its release promotional material as “The Devil Wears Prada meets Get Out”, this at times astonishing and thoroughly original debut is really nothing…
Love & Virtue
Love & Virtue chronicles the tense and dynamic ‘friendship’ between Michaela and Eve, two bold and intelligent young women during their time at a university…
The Brilliant Boy
Eccentric. Genius. Mad. Preeminent jurist. President at the birth of the United Nations. NSW MP. Author. Federal MP and Minister. Attorney-General. Erratic Opposition Leader. Royal…