Book review: Beauty by Bri Lee
Bri Lee has followed up her brilliant Eggshell Skull with an eassy titled Beauty. While the two books are quite different, they…
Book review: Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
Despite her failings, there is something solid and reliable about Olive. I read the second of Elizabeth Strout's Olive books…
Book review: Stone Sky Gold Mountain by Mirandi Riwoe
After reading Mirandi Riwoe’s haunting Fish Girl novella, I had high expectations of Stone Sky Gold Mountain. Set on the Queensland goldfields, this was…
Book review: The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth
I’m not sure if you can call an audiobook a page-turner, but that is how I would describe The Good…
Book review: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
Gosh, I loved this book. Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet imagines the home life of Shakespeare and the impact of the death…
To read, or not to read – perhaps I’ll give Shakespeare a go
I have a confession to make. I've never really understood Shakespeare. I’ve been to quite a few plays written by…
Bookstagram is the book club I didn’t know I needed
Social media has a bad name and has been criticised for everything from damaging users’ confidence to influencing US elections…
Cilka is a real-life hero who is too good to be true
In Cilka’s Journey, we are introduced to Cilka Klein, who first appeared in the bestselling The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Cilka…
20 years later, Monkey Grip is not what it seemed
Sometimes, re-reading a beloved book can be a mean shock. That was the case when I picked up Monkey Grip,…
Book review: The Lying Lives of Adults by Elena Ferrante
It has been too long between Ferrantes ... and beach holidays but this week I’ve been lucky enough to indulge…
