Fiction
BENJAMIN STEVENSON Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret. Reviewed by Naomi Manuell
The author of Everyone In My Family...
TIM WINTON Juice. Reviewed by Robert Goodman
Tim Winton’s new novel dives into a...
EMILY TSOKOS PURTILL Matia. Reviewed by Ann Skea
Emily Tsokos Purtill’s debut novel...
ELIZABETH STROUT Tell Me Everything. Reviewed by Michael Jongen
Pulitzer-winner Elizabeth Strout...
Non Fiction
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...
STEVEN HAMILTON and RICHARD HOLDEN Australia’s Pandemic Exceptionalism. Reviewed by Braham Dabscheck
Australia’s Covid response may have...
Science Fiction & Fantasy
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...
SARAH BETH DURST The Spellshop. Reviewed by Amelia Dudley
Sarah Beth Durst calls her new novel...
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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