by NRB | 8 Nov 2017 | Giveaways |
A free book is a beautiful thing … To go in the draw to win these four beautiful things simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘SPRING #11’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by 6pm Thursday 9 November 2017. As...
by NRB | 9 Jun 2016 | Fiction |
Ghosts Like Us is a poetic, ambiguous and subversive exploration of the nature of history and remembering. ‘the air of the present moment here’ … This puzzling opening line embodies the essence of a fine literary work: a little obscure for some, fresh air for...
by NRB | 10 Apr 2014 | Fiction |
A glamorous, seductive take on classic horror novels, dripping with lust, danger and moral ambiguity. Marisa Steiger, author of the bestselling Monstrous Women, has become a media darling, feted by talk shows as an expert on society’s view of women. But she has also...
JUNE WRIGHT Mother Paul series. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm6 December 2024June Wright has faded from view, but in 1948 her novel Murder in the Telephone [ … ]
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IAIN RYAN The Dream. Reviewed by Ben Ford Smith3 December 2024Iain Ryan’s latest novel continues his fascination with 1980s Queensland and [ … ]
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