Book review: The White Girl by Tony Birch
I read Tony Birch’s The White Girl in three days – once I started reading about grandmother, Odette, and her…
The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike
I came to The Witches of Eastwick as a big fan of John Updike. I had read Couples and the…
Book review: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Where the Crawdads Sing is a book that has been all over social media, so I was intrigued to have…
Book review: Hunger by Roxane Gay
After seeing Roxane Gay on the ABC’s Q&A program, I thought I knew what to expect with her memoir, Hunger…
Book review: Autumn by Ali Smith
I might have come to Autumn a little uninformed, believing it to have been written by Zadie Smith, rather than…
Book review: The Aunts’ House by Elizabeth Stead (UQP)
Set in Sydney in 1942, The Aunts’ House is the charming story of a young recently orphaned girl named Angel…
Junior Review: Alex Rider Secret Weapon by Anthony Horowitz
Review by Sam, 8 years What is the book about? There are seven short stories that all have a completely…
Book review: Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak
Bridge of Clay is an intimidating book, the size of a brick and as eagerly anticipated as it was, following…
Book review: The Everlasting Sunday by Robert Lukins
In literary fiction, it is often the language that rises above the plot. Sometimes, little seems to happen, but the…
Junior review: Jacob’s Toys – The Big Backyard Adventure! By Claudia Woods
Review by Sam, 8 What was the story about? The story was about toys that Jacob was going to get…
