Spring 2022 Giveaway #2
Welcome to our second big spring giveaway for 2022!
Grab yourself some great new books in our spring giveaways. To go in the draw to win all four of the titles below, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Spring 2′ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by midnight tonight, Friday 16 September 2022. As we cannot afford to post giveaway bundles overseas, entries from Australian residents only please.
Patti Miller True Friends
A revealing memoir about the making and unmaking of friendships by the author of The Mind of a Thief. Patti Miller recounts the joyful making and then painful ending of a long and close friendship, and questions who we are drawn to, what we really know of each other, and why some friendships endure while others end.
‘Told with courage, wisdom and grace.’ – Ceridwen Dovey
Courtesy of University of Queensland Press
Sean Rabin The Good Captain
This new novel from the author of Wood Green follows a group of radical environmentalists committed to a mission of extreme civil disobedience in order to protect the last of the world’s marine life.
‘If you care about the ocean, about extinction, about deforestation, you’ll find yourself immersed in this novel. With originality and wit, Sean Rabin asks the question “How far is too far?” when you’re fighting to save the planet.’ – Jane Rawson
Courtesy of Transit Lounge
Jess Kidd The Night Ship
The new novel from the author of Things in Jars and The Hoarder reimagines the tragedy and legacy of The Batavia. Reviewer Robert Goodman wrote: ‘The Night Ship is the story of two nine-year-old children – Mayken, a passenger on board the Batavia, and Gil, a boy sent to live with his crotchety fisherman grandfather on a remote island after his mother’s death in the late 1980s. There is something of a legend of a child’s ghost on the island, but this is not a ghost story. Instead Kidd leans into the deep resonances between two very different stories connected by place.’
Courtesy of Penguin Random House
Michael Burge Tank Water
Michael Burge’s debut is a coming of age story and a crime novel. Reviewer Mary Garden wrote: ‘There has been a preponderance of books set in country towns, so-called “bush noir”, but what sets this one apart is its subject matter: homophobia in country towns. The narrative shifts seamlessly between two timeframes – 1985 and 2005 ‒ as it examines a dark history of gay hatred and the deaths of several local boys, deemed suicides.’
Courtesy of MidnightSun Publishing
Don’t forget, to go in the draw to win all four books, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Spring 2′ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by midnight tonight, Friday 16 September 2022.
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