Image of cover of book The Opposite of Lonely by Hilde Hinton, reviewed by Amelia Dudley in the Newtown Review of Books.

HILDE HINTON The Opposite of Lonely. Reviewed by Amelia Dudley

by NRB | 17 July 2025 | Fiction | 0 Comments

The new novel from the author of The Loudness of Unsaid Things has a lot to say about friendship and the border between eccentricity and red flags. Rose has been struggling for a long time. It's been hard for her to navigate becoming a single mum and more socially...

Image of cover of book Who Knew by Barry Diller, reviewed by Naomi Manuell in the Newtown Review of Books.

BARRY DILLER Who Knew. Reviewed by Naomi Manuell

by NRB | 15 July 2025 | Non-fiction | 0 Comments

Barry Diller has worked with some of the biggest names in entertainment in a career spanning Paramount, Fox and now his own media company. Serendipity, that variation on the idea of a happy accident or unexpected good fortune, is elevated to something of a theme in...

Image of cover of book The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück by Lynne Olson, reviewed by Ann Skea in the Newtown Review of Books.

LYNNE OLSON The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück. Reviewed by Ann Skea

by NRB | 10 July 2025 | Non-fiction | 1 Comment

Lynne Olson documents how, within the horror of a Nazi concentration camp, the women of the French Resistance continued to resist. In Paris, the granddaughter of Jacqueline Péry d’Alincourt remembers her grandmother entertaining three old friends to afternoon tea....

Image of cover of book Unconventional Women by Sarah Gilbert, reviewed by Suzanne Marks in the Newtown Review of Books.

SARAH GILBERT Unconventional Women: The story of the last Blessed Sacrament Sisters in Australia. Reviewed by Suzanne Marks

by NRB | 8 July 2025 | Non-fiction | 0 Comments

Sarah Gilbert’s account of this religious order offers a rare insight into the women who chose to separate themselves from the world. In the 1950s and 60s, eight young women left their families to join an enclosed order of nuns in Melbourne. Gilbert's book explores...

Image of cover of book Salvage by Jennifer Mills, reviewed by Robert Goodman in the Newtown Review of Books.

JENNIFER MILLS Salvage. Reviewed by Robert Goodman

by NRB | 3 July 2025 | Fiction, SFF | 0 Comments

The new novel from the author of Dyschronia and The Airways is climate fiction focussed on human adaptability. There is plenty going on in Australia at the moment that reflects the impacts of climate change. Massive bushfires, years-long droughts, tropical cyclones...