Posted on 3 Aug 2023 in Crime Scene, Fiction |
The third novel from pulp fiction aficionado Andrew Nette is a delightful, knowing nod to the genre. Following on from the enjoyable Gunshine State, Orphan Road again features Nette’s antihero Gary Chance, a survivor of military service in...
Posted on 1 Aug 2023 in Non-Fiction |
Walter Marsh charts the origins of Murdoch’s media playbook and political connections in 1950s Adelaide. Walter Marsh is a journalist based in Adelaide, the city where Rupert Murdoch’s empire began when he took control of Adelaide’s afternoon...
Posted on 27 Jul 2023 in Non-Fiction |
Frieda Hughes’ memoir of life with magpie George includes a generous dose of magpie mayhem. George, the baby magpie Frieda Hughes rescues and falls in love with, is, as she readily admits, ‘a little eating-shitting machine’. ‘Don’t write the grotty...
Posted on 25 Jul 2023 in Fiction |
Kirsty Jagger’s debut novel is a confronting story about growing up in the worst of circumstances, and how violence and poverty can happen to anyone. Potential readers will need to take into account the author’s note at the front of this...
Posted on 20 Jul 2023 in Fiction |
The latest novel from Karen Brooks brings Restoration London to life, particularly the world of its theatres and playwright Aphra Behn. Papa always said I was unnatural – that I’d too much to say for myself. He said a great many other things...
Posted on 18 Jul 2023 in Non-Fiction |
Two new books explore the issues behind the forthcoming referendum to create a Voice to Parliament for First Nations Australians. Later this year we will be asked to participate in a referendum to alter the Australian Constitution to include the...