BRIOHNY DOYLE Why We Are Here. Reviewed by Sally Nimon
Briohny Doyle’s third novel explores the impact of multiple losses in a single life, exacerbated by the effects of the pandemic. ‘What should survive and how? And how...
Read MoreRONNIE SCOTT Shirley. Reviewed by Jessica Stewart
Ronnie Scott’s second novel explores themes of abandonment, attachment and the idea of home. Characterised from the beginning by a sense of uncertainty, Shirley is a...
Read MoreTONI JORDAN Dinner with the Schnabels. Reviewed by Michelle McLaren
Toni Jordan’s sixth novel navigates post-lockdown Melbourne with a memorable family. Before the pandemic, Simon Larsen was a successful architect. He had...
Read MoreJODI PICOULT Wish You Were Here. Reviewed by Sally Nimon
Jodi Picoult’s latest novel contrasts life in the Galapagos and New York during Covid-19. Jodi Picoult’s Wish You Were Here is a story about the nature of...
Read MoreLOUSE ERDRICH The Sentence. Reviewed by Robert Goodman
The new novel from Pulitzer-winner Louise Erdrich is both a story for our times and a loving tribute to bookshops. Two years on and the pandemic is starting to colonise...
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