The Golden Age, by Joan London
It’s been a couple of months since I finished Joan London’s third novel, ‘The Golden Age’, but I’m behind with my reviews because I’ve been concentrating on revising my own novel! I absolutely loved...
Mateship With Birds, by Carrie Tiffany
Mateship with Birds is Carrie Tiffany’s second novel. Her first, ‘Everyman’s Rules for Scientific Living’ (2005) was shortlisted for numerous awards including the Orange Prize, the Miles Franklin Literary Award, the Guardian First Book...
Thoughts on ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
As regular readers would be aware, I have dubbed 2015 the ‘Year of the Classic’, or YOTC. I’m trying to read one ‘classic’ per month, as well as at least one book by an Australian female author. I chose ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ by...
2014 AWW Challenge Round-Up
I completed the 2014 Australian Women Writers’ (AWW) Challenge. I signed on to read ten books by Australian women and review six, but I ended up reading and reviewing fourteen. Towards the end of 2011, Elizabeth Lhuede, the founder of the AWW...
Book Review: Shy, by Sian Prior
“Shy. It’s such a shy word; a timid little word that begs to remain unnoticed. Only three letters long and it begins with an exhortation to silence: ‘shhh’.” Sian Prior is accomplished. She’s a journalist and broadcaster, a...
Letters to the End of Love, by Yvette Walker
I was prompted to read this exquisite debut novel after it won the WA Premier’s Emerging Writers Award. I was further inspired after meeting its author, the warm and wise Yvette Walker, at a small gathering she held to celebrate her...
When the Night Comes, by Favel Parrett
‘When the Night Comes’ is Favel Parrett’s second novel, following the success of ‘Past the Shallows’, which was short-listed for the Miles Franklin in 2012, and which I glowingly reviewed here. The story is told by two first person...
The Ark, by Annabel Smith
I’ve just finished Annabel Smith’s third novel, ‘The Ark’. I loved her second novel, ‘Whisky Charlie Foxtrot, which I reviewed here, and which is about to be released in the US as ‘Whisky and Charlie’. ‘The...
Fairway to Heaven, by Lily Malone
I hosted my first ever guest author on the blog last Friday, Lily Malone, and what a lovely guest she was! (You can read her interview here.) We talked about her novel, ‘Fairway to Heaven’. It would be years, decades even, since I read...
Let Her Go, by Dawn Barker
Dawn Barker has done it again with her second book, ‘Let her Go’. I loved ‘Fractured’ (click the link to see my review) so I was looking forward to another of her psychological/ethical/suspense/thriller stories—and I was not let...