Image of cover of book Panic by Catherine Jinks, reviewed by Karen Chisholm in the Newtown Review of Books.

CATHERINE JINKS Panic. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

In her new novel, Panic, Catherine Jinks provides a timely take on online mobs, conspiracy theorists, and sovereign citizens. Bronte is a young woman who, along with most of her generation, records pretty much everything about her life online. One drunken rant,...
Image of cover of book Smashed by Todd Ley, reviewed by Braham Dabscheck in the Newtown Review of Books.

TODD LEY Smashed: Tennis prodigies, parents, and parasites. Reviewed by Braham Dabscheck

Todd Ley’s account of his time as a tennis prodigy may be one of the most important books you will ever read on tennis.   Todd Ley was born into a dysfunctional family. His father, who he refers to as ‘Mad Max’, was ‘a traumatised yet charismatic character,...
Image of cover of book The Burrow by Melanie Cheng, reviewed by Sanchana Venkatesh in the Newtown Review of Books.

MELANIE CHENG The Burrow. Reviewed by Sanchana Venkatesh

The arrival of a pet rabbit proves confronting as well as comforting for the fractured family in Melanie Cheng’s second novel. Amy, Jin, and their ten-year-old daughter Lucie live in an inner-city suburb of Melbourne. Set towards the end of the pandemic lockdowns,...
Image of cover of book The Many Lives of James Lovelock by Jonathan Watts, reviewed by Ann Skea in the Newtown Review of Books.

JONATHAN WATTS The Many Lives of James Lovelock: Science, Secrets and Gaia Theory. Reviewed by Ann Skea

Jonathan Watts relates the extraordinary life of scientist, engineer, Gaia theorist and spy, Englishman James Lovelock. James Lovelock is best known as the ‘father’ of the Gaia theory, which claims that the Earth ‘functioned like an organism to maintain a habitable...
Image of cover of book Everywhere We Look by Martine Kropkowski, reviewed by Karen Chisholm in the Newtown Review of Books.

MARTINE KROPKOWSKI Everywhere We Look. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm

Martine Kropkowski’s debut crime fiction delves into the devastating consequences of the epidemic of violence against women. Melissa, Bridie and Cassandra are friends, bonded over the sorts of things that connect young mothers – pressure, expectation, exhaustion and...

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