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Review — 20 Aug 2017
he by John Connolly
In his author’s note to he, a novel based on the life of Stan Laurel, John Connolly explains his desire to contemplate the underlying emotions behind this half of…
Review — 24 Jul 2017
The Way Back by Kylie Ladd
When 13-year-old Charlie doesn’t return from a late-afternoon horse ride in a Victorian national park, her parents Rachael and Matt are naturally concerned. The local police try to reassure them…
Review — 27 Mar 2017
Beyond The Rock by Janelle Mcculloch
Just like Janelle McCulloch, the author of Beyond the Rock (about Lady Joan Lindsay and her masterpiece Picnic at Hanging Rock), I too have been captivated by the story…
Review — 23 Feb 2017
Came Back to Show You I Could Fly by Robin Klein
Winner of the CBCA Children’s Book of the Year (older readers) in 1990 and the Human Rights Award for a children’s book in 1989, Came Back to Show You I…
Review — 25 Jul 2016
Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
Australian writer Liane Moriarty’s success is phenomenal, with six international best-selling novels, translation into 39 languages and an HBO series starring Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon currently in production. It…
Review — 29 Jan 2017
The Antiques by Kris D'Agostino
Antiques store owner George Westfall is dying. He knows it, his wife Ana knows it and so do his three children: Charlie in LA, Josef in New York City and…
Review — 25 May 2015
The Lost Swimmer by Ann Turner
I knew The Lost Swimmer had won me over when I was standing in line at the supermarket and all I could think about was what was going to happen…
Review — 26 May 2016
Out of the Ice by Ann Turner
Prior to reading Ann Turner’s novel Out of the Ice, I read Helen Garner’s article ‘Regions of Thick-Ribbed Ice’, which gave me a vivid impression of the sense of…
Review — 22 Mar 2015
A Reunion of Ghosts by Judith Claire Mitchell
Sisters Vee, Lady and Delph Alter believe their family are as cursed as the Kennedys. They have decided to end it all on 31 December 1999. In order to explain…
Review — 28 Sep 2015
Tom Houghton by Todd Alexander
If you’re not familiar with the tragic death of actress Katharine Hepburn’s brother Tom Houghton Hepburn, or can’t visualise her in that amazing Walter Plunkett moth costume from the film…