Caitlin Cassidy

Caitlin Cassidy is a former at Readings Carlton bookseller

Review — 29 Jan 2019

In/Half by Jasmin B. Frelih

Twenty-five years into the future, the earth has been ripped apart by a glitch in the global communications system. What remains is a world at once completely outside human possibility…

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Review — 22 Oct 2018

The Butcherbird Stories by A.S. Patrić

A.S. Patrić won the Miles Franklin Award in 2016 for his debut novel, Black Rock White City. His latest book, The Butcherbird Stories, is a collection of eleven…

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Review — 23 Sep 2018

The Children's House by Alice Nelson

The Children’s House begins in the sweltering heat of summer in New York’s eclectic Harlem. The year is 1997, three years after the Rwandan genocide. Marina Hirsch, a young professor…

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Review — 24 Jun 2018

We See the Stars by Kate van Hooft

Simon is an 11-year-old boy living in a world of silence, lists and numbers. Rarely known to speak to his family or classmates, Simon uses his imagination to make sense…

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Review — 28 May 2018

Get Up Mum by Justin Heazlewood

Justin Heazlewood’s debut memoir launches the reader into the seemingly innocent world of a pre-pubescent boy in 1990s Australia. Giddy with joy, twelve-year-old Heazlewood meticulously details the small events that…

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Review — 30 Apr 2018

Miss Ex-Yugoslavia by Sofija Stefanovic

In a world increasingly characterised by large-scale migration, Miss Ex-Yugoslavia offers a fresh, youthful take on what it means to navigate two vastly different cultures and identities. In her debut…

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