More feel-good fiction for our fourth (and final?) lockdown
None of us thought we’d be here, did we? As Melbourne endures its fourth lockdown, we're all feeling a little…
Book review: Apeirogon by Colum McCann
Apeirogon is by no means a comfortable or enjoyable read. I didn’t find myself excitedly reaching for it or wanting…
I’ve had enough of the childish narrator … for now
Some of my favourite narrators are children. It can be incredibly moving to immerse yourself in the life of a…
Book review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling
Harry and his friends really are growing up in the sixth instalment of the Harry Potter series. There is less…
Book recommendations for every reader
My brother has just jetted of on holiday in Darwin and before he left he asked for some book recommendations…
Book review: Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Queenie was one of the funniest books I’ve read in a long time. The book follows the sharp and hilarious…
Book review: The Girl on the Page by John Purcell
If there’s one thing I like even better than books, it’s books about … books. John Purcell’s The Girl on…
How would you be described in a book?
Writers can be brutal in their descriptions of their minor characters. While the protagonist is usually complex and multilayered, writers…
Book Review: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix begins dramatically, with Harry and his cousin being attacked by Dementors. Forced…
Book review: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling
It might be that I really, really want Harry to have someone watching over him like a parent might, but…
