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Comet in Moominland by Tove Jansson
How I wish I had been introduced to these stories as a child, but unfortunately for me, they were not widely known in Australia in the 90s.
The Moomins are a lovely, whimsical family created by Tove Jansson (1914-2001), a…
Fairytales for Wilde Girls by Allyse Near
Isola Wilde sees ghosts, is obsessed with fairytales and has no less than six brother-princes to protect her. She lives so much in the world of the unseen that she seems not quite of this world to those around her…
The Son by Philipp Meyer
If John Wayne were still alive, he’d be salivating. For Phillipp Meyer’s second raid on the American heart is the story of Texas, where strength, men, dust, violence, gunpowder, cattle and oil come together to shine in a blood-soaked cowboy…
The Bone Dragon by Alexia Casale
I wanted to read this story as soon as I saw the beautiful cover and read the single line hook: a teenage girl, Evie, carves a tiny dragon from a piece of her rib that has been removed after an…
The Wrong Turn At The Office Of Unmade Lists by Jane Rawson
Picture Melbourne in 2030 – what do you see? Jane Rawson paints a bleak picture. There’s a heatwave, clean water is hard to come by and disparity of wealth is rife. UN troops are a common sight and basic necessities…
Monomania by Deerhunter
Deerhunter have been throwing around attitude and alt-sometimes-garage tunes for over a decade now. Here, title track ‘Monomania’ showcases their noise-rock history, with a fuzzed-out chorus that bleeds into a thrashing finale.
Opener ‘Neon Junkyard’ plays to their more indie-rock…
American Kid by Patty Griffin
Patty Griffin is an artist I have been following (obsessing about, really) ever since I heard her debut Living With Ghosts in 1996. She is quite simply one of my favourite singer-songwriters; her lyrics and voice speak to me like…
Trouble Will Find Me by The National
Trouble Will Find Me is the highly anticipated sixth album from Ohio-by-way-of-Brooklyn band The National.
After topping many critics’ best-of lists for 2010 and finally achieving relative commercial success with the stunning High Violet, one would think the pressure…
Once I was an Eagle by Laura Marling
Twenty-three years old. I say again, Laura Marling is 23 years old. I don’t know why this surprises me, but it does – in a positive way. I guess it’s just that what I hear come out of the speakers…
Italian Ways by Tim Parks
There is often a level of trepidation when approaching a travel memoir – what new truth or epiphany is going to be revealed this time? Happily, in the hands of Tim Parks, Italian Ways doesn’t rely on the quest for…
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