MELINA MARCHETTA The Place on Dalhousie. Reviewed by Jessica Stewart
Melina Marchetta has come a long way since Looking for Alibrandi; in her new novel she explores themes of home, family and belonging. Melina Marchetta has written a...
Read MoreGAIL BELL Being Shot: A place between worlds. Reviewed by Ashley Kalagian Blunt
The victim of a random unsolved shooting, in this memoir Gail Bell offers a sober contemplation of the ramifications of gun violence. As 17-year-old Gail Bell walked...
Read MoreJUDITH BRETT The Enigmatic Mr Deakin. Reviewed by Bernard Whimpress
The Enigmatic Mr Deakin, the new biography of Australia’s second, fifth and seventh Prime Minister, is a magnificent sweep of a book that demanded to be written. Deakin...
Read MoreELEANOR LIMPRECHT The Passengers. Reviewed by Suzanne Marks
Eleanor Limprecht’s new novel explores themes of love, resilience, and courage – the courage to make critical life changes and to endure the loss of what must be left...
Read MoreALEXIS WRIGHT Tracker. Reviewed by Kathy Gollan
In Tracker (winner of the 2018 Stella Prize), hundreds of stories are told to build up the portrait of an immensely complex and gifted man. This is a big book about a...
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