by NRB | 26 Jun 2017 | Giveaways |
Yes, it’s winter, and we have stacks of glorious books to give away. To win this bundle of four titles, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘WINTER #1’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by 6pm...
by NRB | 5 Dec 2013 | Fiction |
A natural disaster provokes emotional and ethical dilemmas for the characters in Kathryn Heyman’s new novel. We each have our own floodline: that high watermark that represents the upper limits of our capacity to cope with the challenges life presents to us. Depending...
by NRB | 12 Nov 2013 | Non-fiction |
This anthology of essays, fiction, memoir and poetry contains some powerful and impassioned writing from some of Australia’s best-known writers. The first contribution in this absorbing book, ‘Moonlight’, by Rodney Hall, is a wonderful piece of writing...
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