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 …
Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz
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 …
The Farm at Peppertree Crossing by Leonie Kelsall
Roni (short for Veronica) grew up in Sydney in difficult foster homes and state care. She keeps her life as simple and isolated as possible, …
The Mistake by Katie McMahon
The Mistake is a debut work from Katie McMahon told from the points of view of sisters Bec and Kate. Bec, the younger sister, is …
Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales
Gonzales’ first novel, Only Mostly Devastated, established her as a YA rainbow romance queen, and Perfect on Paper certainly upholds that title. It follows Darcy …