by NRB | 7 Dec 2022 | Giveaways |
Yes! Here are more goodies to win to celebrate the festive season. To go in the draw to win all four of the titles below, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Christmas 2′ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email...
by NRB | 11 Oct 2022 | Fiction |
Set in the 1950s, Jay Carmichael’s second novel is a window onto Australia’s queer history. In the closing paragraph of the author’s note to Marlo, Jay Carmichael tells us that for him, ‘the task of the historical novel’ is to fill the gap between what we...
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