Our latest reviews
Tumbling Into The Dawn by Lior
On listening to a Lior record, I feel like I’m in the presence of an old friend. He’s an exceptional lyricist and live performer. Songs like ‘This Old Love’ and‘Sonja’ still have the power to send a shiver down my…
And The Pioneer Saboteurs by Micah P Hinson
When I first put on Micah P. Hinson’s new album, it started to rain. This is good rain music and a welcome return for Hinson after his unimaginative coversalbum from last year, All Dressed Up and Smelling of Strangers…
Glimjack by Glenn Richards
The eagerly awaited solo album from Augie March frontman Glenn Richards hits the shelves this month. Having shacked up in a Fairfield warehouseaccompanied by brother Chris, Richards recorded 19 songs over a month then stripped it back to 15. Also…
The Castle Of The Zombies: The Fixers Book One by Sean Williams
Ollie Jolson knows there’s something wrong with his new street, but he can’t quite put his finger on what. Maybe it’s the way the internet keeps crashing, or perhaps it’s the space outside old Mrs Dibkin’s house that drains away…
Crimea: The Last Crusade by Orlando Figes
In April this year Orlando Figes, a well-respected professor at Birkbeck College, London, became more noted for a reviewing scandal than for his insights into Russian history. Damning reviews of books by rival Russian historians appeared on Amazon, along with…
Mary Ann in Autumn by Armistead Maupin
It’s been 25 years since Mary Ann left for New York, swapping a rocky marriage and an adopted daughter for a career in television. Now at the age of 57 she returns, hat in hand, to San Francisco after her…
Get Real: What Kind Of World Are You Buying? by Mara Rockliff
Get Real is a self-proclaimed ‘teen-friendly manifesto’ that aims to show inform teens about the products they buy, and how they can make more socially and environmentally aware choices. The book covers a wide variety of topics, including: slavery, child…
Foiled by Jane Yolen and Mike Cavallaro
Acclaimed fantasy and sci-fi author Jane Yolen turns her pen to graphic novels for the first time in Foiled, the story of teen fencer and loner, Aliera Carstairs. Aliera doesn’t fit in anywhere at high school, and so devotes…
The Philanthropist by John Tesarsch
The Philanthropist is the first novel by Melbourne barrister John Tesarsch. Charles Bradshaw, a high-flying businessman, is in his late sixties when he has a heart attack while swimming at Brighton beach. He is rescued from death’s clutches and awakes…
Big Girls Don't Cry: Rebecca Traister
This smart, entertaining book is a reflective account of the 2008 presidential election, following an on-the-road narrative of events as experienced by Salon’s Rebecca Traister, who writes for the website’s feminist-flavoured Broadsheet section. She looks at what it means…
Browse our reviews by category
