Julia Jackson
Julia Jackson is the assistant manager of Readings Carlton
Review — 23 Jun 2024
Storm Child by Michael Robotham
2023 felt weird for many reasons, but mainly, for me anyway, because Michael Robotham didn’t release a new book! Thankfully, that wait is over, and now we can all get…
Review — 23 Oct 2023
Faking It by Toby Walsh
I could’ve parsed some keywords through Chat GPT to write this review, like a student with an imminent deadline, but I didn’t, because it’s not how I roll. Toby Walsh’s…
Review — 1 Sep 2023
This Camp is Doomed: A Dennith Grange Misadventure by Anna Zobel
The reaction of the Dennith Grange kids when they realise their school camp destination is basically a dump is one of extreme disappointment. After all, most of their other classmates…
Review — 30 Aug 2022
No Country for Girls by Emma Styles
Doing this column is a great pleasure and privilege. It’s wonderful to be able to introduce new authors and their books to new fans. September is a bumper month for…
Review — 3 Jul 2023
Edward the Emu (35th anniversary edition) by Sheena Knowles & Rod Clement (illus.)
Ever feel bored by yourself and your situation? Edward sure knows how that feels. Sick of being an emu, each day he tries out being a different animal, until he…
Review — 27 Mar 2023
A Death in Denmark by Amulya Malladi
Over the years, we’ve been introduced to some great writers, detectives, and private investigators. A Death in Denmark is the first book of Amulya Malladi’s that I’ve read, though she…
Review — 27 Mar 2023
Standing in the Shadows (DCI Banks, Book 28) by Peter Robinson
If you haven’t been reading Peter Robinson’s Inspector Banks series, you should have been, but I wouldn’t worry. Robinson was one of those brilliant authors whose prolific output didn’t require…
Review — 2 Mar 2023
Judgement Day by Mali Waugh
Like last April’s Daughters of Eve by Nina D Campbell, Mali’s Waugh’s debut Judgement Day contains a strong female lead as well as strong themes of family violence. Detective Jillian…
Review — 18 Jan 2023
Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor
This latest release from Deepti Kapoor is not your conventional crime thriller-slash-police procedural. It is very far from it. Rather, Kapoor has delivered an expansive, cinematic literary thriller.
At the…
Review — 19 Sep 2022
The Bodyline Fix by Marion Stell
If the Federal Government had put a republic referendum to the Australian people at the conclusion of the infamous Ashes Test series of 1932–33, it may well have been successful…
