Pioneer. Icon. Mentor. Mum.
For over fifty years, Natalie Miller has been a force in film distribution, exhibition and production in Australia and not before time she is celebrating her life’s work with the publication of her memoir PROJECTING NATALIE …
Penny van Oosterzee’s knowledge of the evolutionary history of Australia together with the story of her regeneration of her own property in the Atherton Tablelands results in a fascinating book. How do you turn paddocks back into lush tropical rainforest? …
Wakes in bite.
Dianne Yarwood’s debut novel, THE WAKES centres on a couple of enterprising women who cater for funerals.
Four funerals and two failing marriages form a complex narrative of intertwined stories as pharmaceutically trained Clare is cajoled by …
A detective thriller like no other, OLD GOD’S TIME surely is a book written for the reason we read.
A haunting narrative, lyrical and disturbing, horrendous and hilarious, a mesmeric tale of memory and menace, a jagged world of revenge, …
Book review – Laura Purcell’s ‘The Whispering Muse’.
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Theatre people and those who like spooky Victorian Gothicky ghostly tales will love this. It is a gripping, compelling page turner. It is divided into five Acts, each a different …
Delightful seems a strange word to begin a review about a book about the dark art of espionage, but Alexander McCall Smith’s splendid THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SPIES is just that. Delightful.
Imagine Buchan or Ambler as written by Wodehouse …
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When I write book reviews, I’m of the opinion that a review is ultimately a recommendation, and therefore I try to be as objective as possible in a subjective exercise. This proved to be impossible for IT’S A …
This is a fascinating examination and blend of art, science, theology and mysticism , packed with information. The research is amazing . Jennifer Higgie writes in an easy to read style with great acuteness and perception . There’s a …
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Mark Twain, aka Samuel Clemens, turned his signature wit to a number of subjects–boyhood, the legend of King Arthur and even cats. “If man could be crossed with the cat,” he once wrote, “it would improve man, but …
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Readers of Sally Hepworth’s previous best-sellers will know that she is fluent in the ways of dysfunctional families and long-held secrets. Her seventh novel, THE YOUNGER WIFE, is all this and more. Yes, it could be rom-com, …