Savannah Indigo

Savannah Indigo is a former Readings Malvern bookseller

Review — 22 Jul 2014

The Eye of the Sheep by Sofie Laguna

Jimmy is different. Where we see our parents, friends or siblings, he sees internal organs and blood rushing through their veins. At age six, he reads instruction manuals to his…

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Review — 27 Apr 2015

Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley

I was halfway through Magonia when the thought crossed my mind: how did I land a job reading about blue bird-people living in the sky?!

In the aforementioned book, Aza…

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Review — 23 Feb 2015

Eventual Poppy Day by Libby Hathorn

Two artists, white feathers, first loves and broken promises: Eventual Poppy Day is a story about learning to look at the world in a different light. Australian writer and poet…

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Review — 26 Oct 2014

Only in New York by Lily Brett

Read this book if: a) you have been or are going to New York, b) you are interested in how a writer thinks, or c) if you are curious about…

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Blog post — 4 Jun 2014

Meet the bookseller with Savannah Indigo

We chat with bookseller Savannah Indigo about her penchant for organising bookshelves and the parallels Frankenstein draws with cosmetic use in the twenty-first century.

Why do you work in books?

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Review — 1 Jun 2014

Funemployed by Justin Heazlewood

What do you do? I’m a dancer. Wow! Your life must be so fun!

Almost every artist has faced a conversation similar to this one. There is a great resistance…

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Review — 19 Mar 2014

Season to Taste or How to Eat Your Husband by Natalie Young

Marriage ends in all kinds of ways. Lizzie Prain chose to end it with murder, boiling her husband’s blood and bones for stock. When you’re broke, isolated and searching for…

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Review — 25 Nov 2012

Wool by Hugh Howley

Wool maps Juliette’s journey from a restrictive community, known as the silo, to the relative freedom of the outside world. Author Hugh Howey has created an enticing series of science…

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