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Forecast: Turbulence by Janette Turner Hospital
Good afternoon everyone, and welcome to the Readings weather forecast, sponsored by Janette Turner Hospital’s glorious, weather-beaten short-story collection, Forecast: Turbulence.
Up north in Toronto we have an unexpected tornado disrupt a family that is then left to cope…
Ilo Veyou by Camille
Camille is an artist who is renowned for her innovative vocal effects, dexterous body percussion and her ability to create catchy unconventional tunes that effortlessly drift between English and French. In her fourth album Ilo Veyou (which Camille produced herself)…
Ruby Blues by Jessica Rudd
[[jessrudd]]Media commentators like to complain Australian politics has descended into farce; overrun, they argue, by passionless politicians more committed to upholding opinion polls then their own convictions. Likewise, the chick-lit genre is knocked for lacking true literary credibility: all surface…
What The Family Needed by Steven Amsterdam
[[steven]]There have been a whole lot of gratifying things going on in the world of Steven Amsterdam – and that’s even before publication of What the Family Needed, his keenly awaited and quite wonderful second novel.
Firstly when I…
The Son Of Neptune: Heroes Of Olympus V2 by Rich Riordan
Percy Jackson is in trouble… again. This time though, he doesn’t remember who he is (aside from the fact that apparently he’s the son of a god) or what he’s supposed to be doing. His memory is a strange mix…
Unicorn Riders 1: Quinn’s Riddles by Aleesah Darlison
Sometimes you come across books that you know completely understand their audience, and the new Unicorn Riders series from Aleesah Darlison fits that description. These books follow the adventures of four girls who have been selected to ride their magical…
Darth Paper Strikes Back by Tom Angleberger
Last year a book came to my attention that went by the rather odd title of The Strange Case of Origami Yoda. It was about a boy who dispensed Jedi wisdom through an origami Yoda perched on his finger…
The Cook by Wayne Macauley
[[wayne]]The first I knew about this, Wayne Macauley’s third novel, was after he gave a reading at last year’s Melbourne Writer’s Festival (from his short-story collection Other Stories). Knowing how keen I had been on his previous work, Wayne…
The Taliban Shuffle by Kim Barker
Describing Kabul as ‘Kabul High, a way to get your war on, an adrenaline rush, a résumé line, a money factory’, this vibrant, dusty city becomes the constant in Kim Barker’s memoir The Taliban Shuffle.
At 30 years of…
Angel Arias by Marianne de Pierres
Earlier this year, I encountered the dreaded ‘reading slump’. I felt like I’d had my fill of paranormal young adult fiction, and couldn’t possibly read another page. Any more vampires and I’d go batty.
Then I came across Burn Bright…
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