Image of cover of book The Black Utopians by Aaron Robertson, reviewed by Braham Dabscheck in the Newtown Review of Books.

AARON ROBERTSON The Black Utopians: Visions of hope and resistance in America. Reviewed by Braham Dabscheck

by NRB | 12 March 2026 | Non-fiction | 0 Comments

What might utopia look like for African Americans? Aaron Robertson examines how Black communities have striven for a better life. In his preface to Black Utopians, Aaron Robertson asks, ‘How [do] the disillusioned, the betrayed, the confined, the forgotten, and the...

Image of cover of book Nonesuch by Francis Spufford, reviewed by Robert Goodman in the Newtown Review of Books.

FRANCIS SPUFFORD Nonesuch. Reviewed by Robert Goodman

by NRB | 10 March 2026 | Fiction, SFF | 0 Comments

Award-winning author Francis Spufford’s new novel is a historical fantasy set during the Blitz in London. Francis Spufford’s fourth novel, Nonesuch, is a beguiling combination of historical and speculative fiction. Spufford effortlessly blends the experience of living...

Image of cover of book Learned Behaviours by Zeynab Gamieldien, reviewed by Sally Nimon in the Newtown Review of Books.

ZEYNAB GAMIELDIEN Learned Behaviours. Reviewed by Sally Nimon

by NRB | 5 March 2026 | Crime Scene, Fiction | 0 Comments

The new novel from the award-winning author of The Scope of Permissibility examines assumptions about class, connection and culpability. A common question on forums like Reddit goes something like this: What moment in your life was so pivotal that everything since has...

Image of cover of book Dark Desert Road by Tim Ayliffe, reviewed by Viv Ronnebeck in the Newtown Review of Books.

TIM AYLIFFE Dark Desert Road. Reviewed by Viv Ronnebeck

by NRB | 3 March 2026 | Crime Scene, Fiction | 0 Comments

Tim Ayliffe's new thriller Dark Desert Road delivers claustrophic tension as twin sisters navigate extremists in the outback. The prologue to Tim Ayliffe’s Dark Desert Road begins with a woman trapped in a stranger’s suitcase, but the even more arresting detail is...

Image of cover of book The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan, reviewed by Robert Goodman in the Newtown Review of Books.

CAMERON SULLIVAN The Red Winter. Reviewed by Robert Goodman

by NRB | 26 February 2026 | Fiction, SFF | 0 Comments

Australian Cameron Sullivan’s debut fantasy features a demon, a monster, dark humour and a reimagining of French history. While romantasy is having a moment, another corner of the fantasy world – ‘grimdark’ – is also in good shape. Grimdark is a subgenre of fantasy...