by NRB | 24 Dec 2021 | Fiction, Non-fiction |
Which were the reviews you enjoyed the most this year? We’ve come up with the ten most popular reviews we’ve run this year, based on reader views. Inevitably it skews a little to reviews we ran earlier in the year (as there has been more time for readers to...
by NRB | 23 Dec 2021 | Fiction, SFF |
An unsettlingly plausible near-future UK provides the backdrop for Sara Foster’s dystopian thriller, The Hush. In Sara Foster’s seventh novel, the world is emerging from years of pandemic lockdowns; the threat of food scarcity, economic turmoil and climate...
by NRB | 21 Dec 2021 | Crime Scene, Fiction |
In Tank Water Michael Burge brings a fresh dimension to crime fiction set in small Australian towns. Michael Burge’s debut novel Tank Water is a crime thriller set in rural Australia. Beautifully and vividly written, I read it quickly in one day. And a few weeks...
by NRB | 17 Dec 2021 | Crime Scene, Fiction |
NZ-based Charity Norman’s sixth novel is her second to be shortlisted for Best Crime Novel in the Ngaio Marsh Awards. Taut, tense and cleverly constructed, The Secrets of Strangers is a thriller set in London that explores human behaviour in the high-risk...
by NRB | 16 Dec 2021 | Fiction |
Rose Tremain’s latest novel is both a mystery set in 19th-century London and an indictment of the abuse of children. She dreams of her death. It comes as a cold October dawn is breaking in the London sky. A sack is put over her head. Through the weave of the burlap,...
by NRB | 14 Dec 2021 | Non-fiction |
Historian Janet McCalman discovers what happened to the freed convicts who settled in Victoria. New Zealanders like to call convicts ‘Australian royalty’, omitting the inconvenient fact that boundaries and identity were hardly fixed in stone back then. A convict could...
by NRB | 13 Dec 2021 | Giveaways |
Don’t miss out! This is the last in this series of giveaways celebrating the festive season. To go in the draw to win all four of these books, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Christmas 4′ in the subject line and your name and address in...
by NRB | 10 Dec 2021 | Giveaways |
Treat yourself to a bundle of great books to celebrate the festive season. To go in the draw to win all four of these books, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Christmas 3′ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email...
by NRB | 9 Dec 2021 | Non-fiction |
Gideon Haigh has written a captivating account of the legal career of one of Australia’s most enthralling public figures, Herbert Vere Evatt, and a defining court case. Better known as ‘Doc’ or ‘Bert’, Evatt was Minister for External Affairs and Attorney General...
by NRB | 8 Dec 2021 | Giveaways |
Our Christmas giveaways continue with more great books to celebrate the festive season. To go in the draw to win all four of these books, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Christmas 2′ in the subject line and your name and address in the...
by NRB | 7 Dec 2021 | Fiction |
The author of the Pulitzer-Prize-winning Olive Kitteridge revisits some familiar faces in her new novel, Oh William! Oh William! follows the same ensemble of characters as Elizabeth Strout’s finely honed novel My Name is Lucy Barton, and the accompanying collection of...
by NRB | 6 Dec 2021 | Giveaways |
It’s almost the end of the year! Let us help you celebrate with these four fab books to get you through the festive season. To go in the draw to win all four, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Christmas 1′ in the subject line and your...
JUNE WRIGHT Mother Paul series. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm6 December 2024June Wright has faded from view, but in 1948 her novel Murder in the Telephone [ … ]
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IAIN RYAN The Dream. Reviewed by Ben Ford Smith3 December 2024Iain Ryan’s latest novel continues his fascination with 1980s Queensland and [ … ]
MARINA YUSZCZUK Thirst. Reviewed by Ann Skea28 November 2024Argentinian writer Marina Yuszczuk puts her twist on the vampire novel in [ … ]