Image of cover of book Salt Upon the Water by Liz Dickens, reviewed by Ann Skea in the Newtown Review of Books.

LYN DICKENS Salt Upon the Water. Reviewed by Ann Skea

by NRB | 11 December 2025 | Fiction | 0 Comments

Lyn Dickens’s award-winning debut novel of an independent woman in colonial South Australia explores prejudice, power and identity. Salt Upon the Water is an historical fiction; also, according to the blurb on the back cover, ‘an epic love story’. Both are true, but...

Image of cover of book The Maskeys by Stuart Everly-Wilson, reviewed by Catherine Pardey in the Newtown Review of Books.

STUART EVERLY-WILSON The Maskeys. Reviewed by Catherine Pardey

by NRB | 10 December 2025 | Crime Scene, Fiction | 0 Comments

Set in a small Australian town dominated by a family of drug dealers, Stuart Everly-Wilson’s new novel is full of memorable characters. Possibly you’ve always been intrigued by the kind of people who feature prominently in Stuart Everly-Wilson’s The Maskeys, but never...

Image of cover of book The Everlasting by Alix E Harrow, reviewed by Robert Goodman in the Newtown Review of Books.

ALIX E HARROW The Everlasting. Reviewed by Robert Goodman

by NRB | 9 December 2025 | Fiction, SFF | 0 Comments

Alix E Harrow’s time-travelling new novel asks questions about our most cherished national myths and what might happen if they were to change. Alix Harrow’s latest fantasy is a story about the power of stories. And while there have been plenty of these, this is a...

Image of cover of book Goliath’s Curse by Luke Kemp, reviewed by Braham Dabscheck in the Newtown Review of Books.

LUKE KEMP Goliath’s Curse: The history and future of societal collapse. Reviewed by Braham Dabscheck

by NRB | 4 December 2025 | Non-fiction | 0 Comments

Human history has seen many civilisations rise and fall. Luke Kemp contemplates the fate of ours in Goliath's Curse. This is a monumental work of scholarship that raises fundamental questions about who we are, where we are going, and whether or not the next few...

Image of cover of book Mona’s Eyes by Thomas Schlesser reviewed by Ann Skea in the Newtown Review of Books.

THOMAS SCHLESSER Mona’s Eyes. Reviewed by Ann Skea

by NRB | 3 December 2025 | Fiction | 0 Comments

Art historian Thomas Schlesser brings 52 artworks to life in this fable-like story of a grandfather discussing art with his granddaughter. Mona is a ten-year-old French girl living in Paris with her parents, Camille and Paul, and near to Dadé, her beloved grandfather,...