SALLY ROONEY Intermezzo. Reviewed by Jessica Stewart

SALLY ROONEY Intermezzo. Reviewed by Jessica Stewart

Irish writer Sally Rooney is known for her succession of bestselling literary novels. Intermezzo is her best yet. In her first novel, Conversations with Friends, a young woman, Frances, enters into an obsessive affair with an older man, a jaded, not overly successful...
IRMA GOLD Shift. Reviewed by Naomi Manuell

IRMA GOLD Shift. Reviewed by Naomi Manuell

Set in South Africa, the new novel from the author of The Breaking is both a family drama and deeply political. Irma Gold’s second novel explores the vital things we share through art and human connection. Arlie is a 30-something Melbourne photographer with a talent...
FRANCESCA DE TORES Saltblood. Reviewed by Ann Skea

FRANCESCA DE TORES Saltblood. Reviewed by Ann Skea

Francesca de Tores’ novel is swashbuckling historical fiction, featuring unconventional women, war, and piracy on the high seas. Francesca de Tores makes it clear from the start: Mary Read and Anne Bonny are real historical figures – but I am no historian. In...