Pierre Sutcliffe
Pierre Sutcliffe is from Readings St Kilda
Review — 19 Sep 2022
Time of My Life by Myf Warhurst
Time of My Life is as delightful as you would expect from one of the most charming people to ever grace the television screen in this country. Myf Warhurst begins…
Review — 30 Aug 2022
Haven by Emma Donoghue
In a small seventh-century monastery on the coast of Ireland, the monks are celebrating the first fast day after Easter. We are introduced to Trian, a 19-year-old monk who is…
Review — 1 May 2022
The Matter of Everything by Suzie Sheehy
Despite being inpossession of so little scientific knowledge that the mysteries of the internal combustion engine still elude me, I found myself absorbed by this fascinating book. Suzie Sheehy is…
Review — 28 Jun 2022
The Diplomat by Chris Womersley
The Diplomat is a companion of sorts rather than a sequel to Chris Womersley’s acclaimed third novel, Cairo. Named after a block of flats in Fitzroy, Cairo followed a…
Review — 2 Mar 2022
The Voids by Ryan O’Connor
The narrator of this book is one of the last residents of a condemned apartment block in Glasgow. The local council has offered relocation money which has been accepted by…
Review — 3 Apr 2022
Devil House by John Darnielle
John Darnielle is the singer and songwriter for the astonishing band, the Mountain Goats. Tremendously prolific, Darnielle has released more than 20 albums, and in my very humble opinion, is…
Review — 2 Mar 2022
Mother’s Boy by Patrick Gale
This beautiful novel opens with our protagonist, Charles Causley, working furiously onboard a Royal Navy ship in the control room, deciphering coded messages and relayingthem to the captain of the…
Review — 6 Sep 2021
The Magpie Wing by Max Easton
Max Easton is the creator of the brilliant podcast Barely Human, which explores the underground music scene and the musicians who fascinate him. (The episodes on Randy Newman, Poly Styrene…
Review — 3 Oct 2021
Funkytown by Paul Kennedy
The title of Paul Kennedy’s memoir, ‘Funkytown’, is the name that Kennedy’s sister gives to Frankston, the large suburb next to their home in Seaford in bayside Melbourne. TheABC journalist…
