‘Divorced , beheaded , died survived‘
Alison Weir’s latest book about the Tudors is thick (over six hundred pages) enthralling and vibrantly written with massive detail. The amount of research Weir must have done is incredible. It begins with a …
This highly detailed, comprehensively researched book is linked in to the A HOUSE FULL OF PAINTINGS exhibition at the Penrith Regional Gallery, home of the Lewers Bequest, that surveys the voluminous work of Margo Lewers. It is divided into …
A relocated researcher becomes an accidental Miss Marple in Joan Sauers’ debut thriller, ECHO LAKE.
The Southern Highlands becomes a Midsommer like locale when recently divorced historian Rose McHugh moves down from Sydney, buys a cottage, engages in a bout …
Wickedly delightful, this is a relatively small, light, most engaging book blending detectives and poetry. It questions the notions of inspiration and creativity. Vibrantly written by A M Carson, the poems collar the reader. There are thirty two short prose …
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Kath Koschel’s KINDNESS has a simple premise. It is, as the blurb says, both a memoir and a call to action for the importance of kindness. This book is divided into 14 chapters, most with experiences from her …
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This wonderful, fascinating book is a large coffee table one, of medium thickness and it is divided into twenty chapters and begins with a Gadigal people’s welcome, the Arts Minister’s forward, and an introduction by the current Director. …
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ANIMALS ARE US : A GUIDE TO A KINDER WORLD is the bitter-sweet fruit of the author’s labours; bitter in its unflinching and deeply distressing confrontation of many evils, sweet in its hope for a world in which, …
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A terrific page turner, the latest (possibly last?) instalment in the DCI Alan Banks mystery series by Peter Robinson.
The interweaving, complicated plot deals with corrupt police, many faceted identities, police undercover work and Irish politics among other …
“Mum I’m a very disturbed young man”.
“No poppet you’re lost, that’s different.”
Shy is lost in a swirling, twirling spiral of sex, spliffs and sound in Max Porter’s small masterpiece, SHY.
There’s nothing shy about the prodigious …