by NRB | 14 Sep 2022 | Giveaways |
Welcome to the first of our spring giveaways for 2022! It’s spring! So it must be time for some fabulous new books … To go in the draw to win all four of the titles below, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Spring 1′ in the...
by NRB | 2 Dec 2021 | Crime Scene, Fiction |
The ninth novel from Wendy James is a classic page-turning mystery that is both psychologically complex and authentically Australian. Best known as the ‘queen of domestic noir’, James brings a keen understanding of social and political history to her richly layered...
by NRB | 28 Mar 2018 | Giveaways |
Our final giveaway in this series. Don’t miss out! To go in the draw to win all four of these books, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Autumn 4’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by midnight...
by NRB | 19 Dec 2017 | Fiction, Non-fiction |
For the first time in NRB’s history, Jean and Linda both have the same title on their books-of-the-year lists. What could it be? Read on to find out … Jean’s picks (As I was one of the judges for the Ned Kelly Awards this year, I read a lot of wonderful Australian...
by NRB | 15 Aug 2017 | Crime Scene |
The Ned Kelly Awards are run by the Australian Crime Writers Association and have been going since 1995. I was lucky enough to be one of three judges of the Best Fiction category of the Ned Kelly Awards for this year. As it’s been impossible to keep up with...
by NRB | 10 Jul 2017 | Giveaways |
It’s July, and the nights are getting colder … Take your mind off the wind-chill factor with these terrific books. To win all four, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘WINTER #5’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body...
by NRB | 28 Jan 2015 | Giveaways |
This draw is now closed. Congratulations to the winner, Jenny Snell from Greigs Flat, NSW. Eds Patrick West and Om Prakesh Dwivedi The World to Come This collection of SF stories from all over the world is ‘… an incredibly diverse exploration of the themes...
by NRB | 6 Mar 2014 | Crime Scene |
Wendy James’s sixth novel is a thrilling Jack-in-the-box that centres on an unsolved murder from the 1970s and its impact decades later on those left behind. Is the past something we can ever truly put behind us, or do our old traumas continue to linger over our...
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