From sweet transvestite to sage vagabond, from vanguard of the stage to cult figure of the silver screen, Tim Curry has an extraordinary tale to tell.
In his memoir, VAGABOND, Curry engenders a shiver of anticipation with every chapter, something …
One of the most amusing novels of the year by a long shot, THE LONG SHOE fits like a glove with laces.
A crime caper featuring a talking cat and a mantra that you don’t have to have a quirk …
Brimming with box office brio and blossoming into one of the biggest critical and financial hits of the year, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is opening up new audiences to Thomas Pynchon, on whose novel, Vineland, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is …
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The book is a glaringly, intense, read – a personal account of being a correspondent in Vietnam, that is without doubt the quintessentially most visceral, persuasive depiction of the unearthly experience of war.…
A harrowing, gripping tale of the wretched agony that was Vietnam. 60 years on we wear clothes that say Made in Vietnam. Why did we lose so many in this protracted war? Many of the answers make this novel the …
Bao Ninh’s THE SORROW OF WAR, written in the stream of consciousness style, opens with the depiction of soldiers on a post war mission to collect the bones of fallen comrades, for reburial. Thus begins the narrative by Kien, …
Is it the plot or the characters or the Molotov malapropisms engineered for maximum blast, a quantum of solecism, that make CLOWN TOWN a classic? All three is the uncrypted answer.
CLOWN TOWN is the ninth and latest of Mick …
An intriguing, ⁹and original interleaving of two storylines, one in 1920s Paris where Cecile Cabot is trapped in her family’s magical, dark circus and forbidden from a love affair that could set her free, and two, in 2004 America, …
In the tradition of talented Australian trailblazer feminist writers of historical fiction, Diane Armstrong and Geraldine Brooks, Alli Sinclair’s new novel A WOMAN’S VOICE is a true gem. It’s clever arc as a dual-timeline novel delves deftly into the power …
The winners for books published in 2024 were announced at a ceremony in August 2025 held at the Woollahra Library, Double Bay.
Anna Stern, Deputy Director of Programs at Shalom Collective said, “The Australian Jewish Writer Awards aim to …