Only a few weeks of summer left, but plenty of time to read these four great books … To enter the draw, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with SUMMER #5 in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by...
Durneen has a sharp eye for the meanings woven into the stories of past, present and future. Lucy Durneen teaches writing in Plymouth, England. In 2014 she went to the 13th International Conference on the Short Story in Vienna. In her very long...
Recently I happened to listen to our washing machine going through its paces and my mind went back to clothes washing when I was a kid. Our house in Yarraville had a wash-house, not a laundry, and my mother washed in an electric copper, which...
Underground Airlines is set in modern day USA – basically the same except for one overwhelming difference: the Civil War never happened, and slavery still exists. This novel is quite a feat.Ben H Winters has woven a provocative idea into a...
Summer keeps on keeping on, and here’s your chance to win four more terrific titles to while away the heat. To enter, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with SUMMER #4 in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the...
Roanna Gonsalves’s 16 short stories reveal the aspirations, guilt, and perils of what it is to be an Indian immigrant in Australia in the 21st century. Gonsalves herself came to Australia in 1998 as an international student and pursued her...
