Yes! A second chance to win a great bundle of books in our big Last Days of Summer Giveaway!
To go into the draw to win all four of these titles, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Summer 2′ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by midnight tonight, Wednesday 19 February 2025. As we cannot afford to post giveaway bundles overseas, entries from Australian residents only please.
Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts Long Yarn Short
Now a human rights lawyer, at the age of ten Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts was forcibly removed – stolen – from her family. After eight years in various out-of-home care placements, she fled the system, reconnected with kin and returned to Country. Only then did she begin to heal. This is her story, exposing the ongoing violence experienced by Black children.
‘Essential reading. If you think the state can be a safe parent, read this book.’ – Melissa Lucashenko
Courtesy of UQP
Marina Yuszczuk Thirst
Argentinian writer Marina Yuszczuk puts her twist on the vampire novel in Thirst, set amid Buenos Aires’ oldest cemetery.
Reviewer Ann Skea called it ‘a rich and curious story full of macabre fascination’.
Courtesy of Scribe Publications
Hannah Tunnicliffe The Pool
Hannah Tunnicliffe delivers a slice of domestic noir in this new novel. Nine years ago at an innocent Melbourne barbecue, everything imploded for the Kings and four other young families. Marriages fractured, friendships crumbled, lives upended. Now, Baz King – prince of spin and life of the party – is missing. Has his charm finally run out? And who would want him out of the picture?
Courtesy of Ultimo Press
Rochelle Siemienowicz Double Happiness
Rochelle Siemienowicz’s debut novel asks whether it is possible to form a new kind of romance. Overcome with guilt about an affair she can’t give up, Anna confesses to her husband, Brendon. He is shocked and devastated, but decides to try to accept the lover, Jeremy, as part of their family. But what happens when your new lover wants someone else too?
Courtesy of MidnightSun Publishing
Remember, to go in the draw to win all four books, email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Summer 2’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by midnight tonight, Wednesday 19 February 2025.
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Tags: Argentinian fiction, Australian fiction, book giveaway, First Nations memoir, Hannah | Tunnicliffe, Marina | Yuszczuk, Rochelle | Siemienowicz, Vanessa | Turnbull-Roberts
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