by NRB | 3 May 2018 | Non-fiction |
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia will do much to aid the understanding and commonality between different Australian communities. This collection of reminiscences of Indigenous childhoods begins with a moving and beautifully written introduction by editor Anita...
by NRB | 1 Jul 2014 | Fiction |
Northanger Abbey reimagined by Val McDermid is a delight best read in a comfortable chair beside a raging fire on a cold and wet day. I found this novel satisfying on so many levels that it now sits with my favourite Austen pastiches – Death Comes to...
by NRB | 1 Apr 2014 | Fiction |
The personal is political in this joyful, and poignant, novel of five women friends on the cusp of turning 40. Tiddas is a delightful novel that covers 12 months in the lives of five friends as they struggle with life, love and lust and the consequences thereof. The...
CATHERINE JINKS Panic. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm6 February 2025In her new novel, Panic, Catherine Jinks provides a timely take on online mobs, [ … ]
TODD LEY Smashed: Tennis prodigies, parents, and parasites. Reviewed by Braham Dabscheck4 February 2025Todd Ley’s account of his time as a tennis prodigy may be one of the most [ … ]
MELANIE CHENG The Burrow. Reviewed by Sanchana Venkatesh30 January 2025The arrival of a pet rabbit proves confronting as well as comforting for the [ … ]
JONATHAN WATTS The Many Lives of James Lovelock: Science, Secrets and Gaia Theory. Reviewed by Ann Skea29 January 2025Jonathan Watts relates the extraordinary life of scientist, engineer, Gaia [ … ]