A rollicking coming-of-age mystery story, full of sincerity and humour. Nancy Business is R.W.R. McDonald’s second Nancys novel, about twelve-year-old Tippy Chan and her uncles, …
Book review: Nancy Business by R.W.R. McDonald
Adult Fantasy by Briohny Doyle
Adult Fantasy: searching for true maturity in an age of mortgages, marriages, and other adult milestones by Briohny Doyle was the winner of the 2017 …
Book review: The Shut Ins by Katherine Brabon
A slow, thoughtful novel about the Japanese concept of achiragawa, or: the other side. The Shut Ins is the second novel from Katherine Brabon, a …
Book review: Two Steps Onward by Graeme Simsion & Anne Buist
A physical and spiritual journey that explores the highs and lows of life and love. Two Steps Onward by Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist details …
Book review: House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
A dark, twisted modern fairytale of sisters, secrets and strangeness. Krystal Sutherland’s House of Hollow is a brilliantly-executed modern dark fairytale told from the point …
Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz
What neither of us, what none of us say: You took up all my space. I didn’t know how to say no and you never …
The Little Boat on Trusting Lane by Mel Hall
The Little Boat on Trusting Lane by Mel Hall is a delightful novel that explores different ways of being, loving and living, all set in …
Book review: The Safe Place by Anna Downes
An intense, smouldering domestic thriller. Anna Downes’ debut The Safe Place is an intense, un-put-down-able domestic thriller that had me turning pages well into the …
Deep Water by Sarah Epstein
Deep Water is Sarah Epstein’s second novel, a YA thriller like her debut, Small Spaces. Thirteen-year-old Henry Weaver has been missing from The Shallows in …
Book review: Repentance by Alison Gibbs
A novel of social and environmental upheaval in a small Australian town in the 1970s. Alison Gibbs’ debut novel Repentance is set in a small …