From the Editor – The Pier Falls
A new Mark Haddon book always gets my inner reader excited. Two of my favourite books are The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and A Spot of […]
A new Mark Haddon book always gets my inner reader excited. Two of my favourite books are The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and A Spot of […]
Leila’s Secret Kooshyar Karimi Written by a Sydney doctor who fled Iran to escape death by hanging, this book is guaranteed to make any reader angry. Iran, the first nation […]
The Last King of Angkor Wat Graeme Base Graeme Base’s illustrations are iconic. The animals he creates are so lifelike that you could easily mistake his pictures for photos. I had […]
A Sudden Light is Garth Stein’s first novel for adults after his New York Times bestselling book The Art of Racing in the Rain. This is a review from our February issue, written […]
Working Stiff Dr Judy Melinek & T J Mitchell Seeking an alternative to the brutal 108-hour work weeks of her surgical residency, Dr Judy Melinek switched to forensic pathology and became an […]
The Fictional Woman Tara Moss I’ve enjoyed Tara Moss’s crime series and have followed her writing career with interest, so I was curious to know what her foray into non-fiction […]
Missing Christopher Jayne Newling The death of a child is always tragic and goes against the natural order of life. But to lose one to suicide leaves questions, guilt and […]
Into the Heart of the Himalayas Jono Lineen The gestation of this book has been almost 20 years, but the wait has been worth it. The author, now a curator […]
All the Birds, Singing Evie Wyld It takes some effort to get into this novel – which contains two stories told in alternate chapters – but it’s worth it. The […]
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly Sun-mi Hwang This is a story about a hen called Sprout. She’s an egg-laying hen, kept in the coop where she cannot wander […]