Image of cover of book Miss Caroline Bingley Private Detective by Kelly Gardiner and Sharmini Kumar, reviewed by Michael Jongen in the Newtown Review of Books.

KELLY GARDINER and SHARMINI KUMAR Miss Caroline Bingley Private Detective. Reviewed by Michael Jongen

by NRB | 15 May 2025 | Crime Scene, Fiction | 0 Comments

Gardiner and Kumar give Caroline Bingley a larger and more exciting role than she ever had in Pride and Prejudice. Caroline Bingley's unpopularity in Pride and Prejudice stems largely from her behaviour and motivations, which clash with the values celebrated in the...

Image of cover of book Miles Franklin Undercover by Kerrie Davies, reviewed by Ann Skea in the Newtown Review of Books.

KERRIE DAVIES Miles Franklin Undercover. Reviewed by Ann Skea

by NRB | 13 May 2025 | Non-fiction | 0 Comments

Author Kerrie Davies explores Miles Franklin's life in the decades after the success of My Brilliant Career. A book is written in solitude and in a crowd, at night, in the early morning, on weekends, and in thoughts and in dreams. So writes Kerrie Davies in her...

Image of cover of book Intermezzo by Sally Rooney, reviewed by Jessica Stewart in the Newtown Review of Books.

SALLY ROONEY Intermezzo. Reviewed by Jessica Stewart

by NRB | 8 May 2025 | Fiction | 0 Comments

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...

Image of cover of book A Political Memoir by Robert Manne, reviewed by Braham Dabscheck in the Newtown Review of Books

ROBERT MANNE A Political Memoir. Reviewed by Braham Dabscheck

by NRB | 7 May 2025 | Non-fiction | 0 Comments

Robert Manne’s memoir charts the life of a public intellectual and independent thinker unafraid of a fight. A Political Memoir is an important work that says a lot about Australia and the sort of country we are. As well as some personal history, Robert Manne provides...

Image of cover of book Shift by Irma Gold, reviewed by Naomi Manuell in the Newtown Review of Books.

IRMA GOLD Shift. Reviewed by Naomi Manuell

by NRB | 6 May 2025 | Fiction | 0 Comments

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...