ANDREW PIPPOS The Transformations. Reviewed by Linda Godfrey
The second novel from Andrew Pippos draws inspiration from the epics of ancient Greece as its characters navigate a fraught world. Early in the story, George Desoulis reveals that his family came to Australia from Ithaka, Greece, and that their surname, Desoulis, is a...
HEATHER ROSE A Great Act of Love. Reviewed by Ann Skea
The bestselling author of The Museum of Modern Love turns to historical fiction in her new novel set in convict-era Van Dieman’s Land. Do not be fooled by the cover of this book. In spite of the pretty young woman gazing at you through a tangle of ribbons and the...
2025 Spring Giveaway #3
Don’t miss out! This is the third and final instalment of our series of spring giveaways. To win all four of these titles, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Spring 3′ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email...
2025 Spring Giveaway #2
There are more fabulous books to win as our Spring Giveaway continues. Don’t miss out! To go in the draw to win all four of these titles, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Spring 2′ in the subject line and your name and address in the body...
2025 Spring Giveaway #1
It’s spring! Celebrate the season with us and go in the draw to win one of our fabulous spring book giveaways. To win all four of these titles, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Spring 1′ in the subject line and your name and address in the...
RHETT DAVIS Arborescence. Reviewed by Robert Goodman
The new novel from the award-winning author of Hovering asks big questions about the environment, AI, and what it means to be human. Rhett Davis burst onto the Australian literary scene in 2020 with the Victorian Premier’s Unpublished Manuscript Award for his book...
JESSICA DETTMANN Your Friend and Mine. Reviewed by Sally Nimon
The new novel from the author of Without Further Ado and How to be Second Best is a story of friendship and second chances. Margot, you’re my best friend. I will take care of you. You are going to live to be a very old lady in a horrible nursing home where your...
BEN PEEK The Red Labyrinth. Reviewed by Lucy Sussex
Slim but richly imaginative, Ben Peek’s new novella combines dystopia and dark fantasy to hold a mirror to current times. In 1958, Patrick White decried Australian literature’s tendency to be the ‘dreary dun-coloured offspring of journalistic...
SUZANNE DO The Golden Sister. Reviewed by Linda Godfrey
Set on the Australian coast, Suzanne Do’s first novel is both a murder mystery and a story of grief, family and connection. Lili Berry is in her twenties, and her world is a mess of anxiety, dysfunction and pain. Compounding all her day-to-day problems in the...
PATRICK LENTON In Spite of You. Reviewed by Michael Jongen
Patrick Lenton is known for his sharply observed non-fiction; now his first novel delivers a fresh and funny romcom. I have been following Patrick Lenton on social media for many years and I enjoy Nonsense, his Substack featuring queer news and culture. As a...
JENNIFER MILLS Salvage. Reviewed by Robert Goodman
The new novel from the author of Dyschronia and The Airways is climate fiction focussed on human adaptability. There is plenty going on in Australia at the moment that reflects the impacts of climate change. Massive bushfires, years-long droughts, tropical cyclones...
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