Jeremy George
Jeremy George is from Readings St Kilda
Review — 6 Sep 2021
Dulcinea in the Forbidden Forest by Ole Könnecke
A bad birthday is everyone’s worst nightmare – but imagine how bad things could get if you lived next door to an enchanted forest that happened to be the home…
Review — 1 Aug 2021
Hattie and Olaf by Frida Nilsson
The schoolchildren of the Swedish village Ängatorp have gone horse crazy! In her new book, Frida Nilsson returns us to the wild world of the mischievous and irresistible rabble-rouser, Hattie.
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Review — 1 Sep 2021
In Moonland by Miles Allinson
In Moonland is a triangle. Beginning in present-day Melbourne, the deterioration of Joe’s young family catalyses an investigation into his own father’s suicide, leading him through the counterculture of the…
Review — 23 Sep 2019
Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith
In the final song of possibly her most famous album, Patti Smith proclaims ‘I don’t know what to do tonight / there must be something I can dream tonight’. Horses…
Review — 1 Oct 2020
Jack by Marilynne Robinson
The love of our neighbour in all its fullness simply means being able to say, ‘What are you going through?’ states French philosopher, mystic and political activist Simone Weil, a…
Review — 6 Sep 2020
Mayflies by Andrew O’Hagan
Everyone has that one friend who is so vibrant that when you’re with them, everything else dissolves to mere backdrop. And everyone has had those nights that seem to simultaneously…
Review — 28 Jun 2020
The Details by Tegan Bennett Daylight
Reading a book written about reading books involves a certain doubled type of readerly attention and produces an equally doubled readerly experience. That is, you have to keep track of…
Review — 29 Mar 2020
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
When Alex Rider is woken up in the middle of the night and told that his uncle, who is also his sole guardian, has been killed in a car crash…
Review — 23 Feb 2020
Hattie by Frida Nilsson
Hattie is six years old. She lives in a ‘tiny, tiny town’ in the Swedish countryside. She is about to start school. Swedish author Frida Nilsson’s new book Hattie is…
Review — 23 Sep 2019
Bold Tales for Brave-Hearted Boys by Susannah McFarlane
Reading the classic fairytales is a rite of passage for many of us. They are stories that can not only spark a never-ending love for literature, but also teach us…
