It may be set on the International Space Station, but Samantha Harvey’s fifth novel is grounded in the beauty and fragility of Earth. Samantha Harvey’s new novel Orbital is an extended love letter to the Earth. It charts the 16 orbits made by the...
Win books by Emily Perkins, Nikki Mottram, Gretchen Shirm and Grantlee Kieza in our first NRB Christmas giveaway of 2023. Ho ho ho … it’s almost time for put the feet up for the holiday season. And there’s nothing like having a...
When Marshall Grade agrees to meet his former NYPD colleague Ray Vialoux, he does not expect Ray to end up dead on the floor of a New York restaurant. Exit .45 is the third Marshall Grade novel by New Zealand-based author Ben Sanders, following on...
Robyn Davidson’s memoir delves into her family relationships and provides a window onto the ongoing trauma of sibling abuse. Robyn Davidson is best known for her international bestseller Tracks, about her trek across 2700 kilometres of Australian...
Evoking Sydney in the 1980s, Michael Fitzgerald’s third novel plays with ideas of identity, celebrity, and mortality. I’m not always Zelda, and Zelda is not always me. The voice is not Zelda’s and yet it is, and this is a very strange book, which...
Exploitative work and striving for a visa: Vidya Madabushi’s novel highlights the plight of international students in Australia. Thirty-six-year-old Malli lives in a home for the elderly in Bangalore. Young and fit, unlike the other residents, her...
