by NRB | 13 Dec 2021 | Giveaways |
Don’t miss out! This is the last in this series of giveaways celebrating the festive season. To go in the draw to win all four of these books, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Christmas 4′ in the subject line and your name and address in...
by NRB | 21 Oct 2021 | Fiction |
Emily Bitto won the Stella Prize in 2015 for her first novel The Strays. Her second, Wild Abandon, was worth the wait. Wild Abandon is a kind of coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of two very different sides of America (the book itself is divided into two...
by NRB | 16 Apr 2015 | Fiction |
A deftly plotted, carefully crafted narrative about art, trauma and female friendship. It is no wonder that Emily Bitto’s haunting debut, The Strays, is on the shortlist for this year’s Stella Prize. Bitto’s well-constructed novel, primarily set in 1930s Melbourne,...
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