by NRB | 7 Dec 2020 | Giveaways |
It IS almost Christmas now so this is the last one in this series of festive giveaways. To go in the draw to this fabulous bundle of four books, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Christmas 5′ in the subject line and your name and address in the...
by NRB | 15 Sep 2020 | Fiction |
Following her first novel Real Differences, SL Lim explores the weight of family obligations and betrayals in her second, Revenge. The three parts of this ‘Murder’ appear to be the Prologue ‘The Demon Brother’; 11 chapters culminating in one titled ‘Revenge’; and an...
by NRB | 28 Jul 2020 | Fiction |
SL Lim’s debut won this year’s UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing at the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards and explores questions of race, religion and culture. Nick, who tells this story, is a rather disengaged white Australian man who, as he tells us, ‘graduated...
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