Fiction
MINETTE WALTERS The Players. Reviewed by Ann Skea
Minette Walters’ new historical novel...
ANN LIANG A Song to Drown Rivers. Reviewed by Amelia Dudley
Ann Liang’s first novel for adults...
EMILY MAGUIRE Rapture. Reviewed by Ann Skea
The author of Love Objects and An...
RODNEY HALL Vortex. Reviewed by Paul Anderson
Rodney Hall has won the Miles Franklin...
Non Fiction
DAVID DUFTY Charles Todd’s Magnificent Obsession. Reviewed by Bernard Whimpress
Many great men are remembered for only...
AMITAV GHOSH Smoke and Ashes: Opium’s hidden histories. Reviewed by Braham Dabscheck
Award-winning novelist Amitav Ghosh...
JESSICA FRIEDMANN Twenty-two Impressions: Notes from the Major Arcana. Reviewed by Ann Skea
Part memoir, part guidebook, part...
ERIC BEECHER The Men Who Killed the News. Reviewed by Bernard Whimpress
Eric Beecher’s vital new book provides...
Science Fiction & Fantasy
ANN LIANG A Song to Drown Rivers. Reviewed by Amelia Dudley
Ann Liang’s first novel for adults...
TIM WINTON Juice. Reviewed by Robert Goodman
Tim Winton’s new novel dives into a...
ALINA BELLCHAMBERS The Order of Masks. Reviewed by Amelia Dudley
Spies, magic, intrigue, and the human...
LARRY BUTTROSE Everyone on Mars. Reviewed by Sue Woolfe
Not just astronauts and science...
Crime Scene
BENJAMIN STEVENSON Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret. Reviewed by Naomi Manuell
The author of Everyone In My Family...
ANNA DOWNES Red River Road and LISA KENWAY All You Took From Me. Reviewed by Justine Ettler
These two new crime thrillers from...
CLAIRE SUTHERLAND The Crag. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm
In Claire Sutherland’s debut crime...
BRUCE MOORE The 1972 Parramatta Jail Glossary. Reviewed by Linda Funnell
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