Celeste Deliyiannis
Celeste Deliyiannis is a former Readings Emporium bookseller
Review — 26 Oct 2022
Waiting for the Storks by Katrina Nannestad
I could talk about how much I adore Katrina Nannestad’s work all day. Profound, emotional and gripping, Nannestad’s writing is also sensitive enough to depict the darkest parts of history…
Review — 26 Jul 2022
The Deadly Daylight by Ash Harrier
Twelve-year-old Alice England is a clever and curious girl with an unusual secret. She’s grown up working with her father in their family-owned funeral home, where she discovers some of…
Review — 19 Sep 2022
Limberlost by Robbie Arnott
Robbie Arnott is a tremendously talented and unique voice in Australian literature, and his third novel, Limberlost, exceeded all my expectations. It is a gorgeously written coming- of-age novel…
Review — 19 Sep 2022
Runt by Craig Silvey
In the town of Upson Downs in country Australia, Annie Shearer and her adopted stray dog, Runt, are quite the pair. Annie is a unique and intelligent girl with a…
Review — 19 Sep 2022
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Frances Hodgson Burnett’s A Little Princess is just as delicious now as it was when I first read it as a child. The story, about a Victorian school girl who…
