Reviewed by Patricia Simms-Reeve This book, with its store of memories, contains 32 short stories of an Australian childhood. Introduced by Alice Pung, it is a fine addition to the series that Black Inc has published, illuminating the experiences of Asians, Aboriginals, Africans, Queers, and Disabled people growing up in Australia. It is rich in
Reviewed by Wendy Lipke Writer Mary Lee Donovan, an editorial director at Candlewick Press, and artist Lian Cho have produced a beautiful 27.5 x 26cm hard covered children’s book about hospitality and acceptance featuring the word ‘welcome’ from more than fourteen languages. Readers are told in the first couple of pages that the text is
Reviewed by Rod McLary She and I is the first novel by young Irish author Hannah King. Part psychological thriller and part crime novel, the story is set in a small town in Northern Ireland. Keeley Mackley and Jude Jameson are best friends and have been since early childhood. They live opposite each other in
Reviewed by Wendy Lipke This is the first novel to be published under this author’s name. Previously, she had published a variety of children’s books and two adult historical novels under the name of Carol Jones. For this publication, The Secrets of Bridgewater Bay, Brooks has chosen the genre of historical fiction and used a
Reviewed by Antonella Townsend Alcoholic tough guy on a revenge mission is not my trope of choice. However, Ollie Ollerton’s jaunty writing style somewhat softened the testosterone-fuelled violence as the protagonist of All or Nothing, Alex Abbott, wrought retribution on a network of pedophiles. From the first line, I was hooked: On the carpet lay
Reviewed by Norrie Sanders Some say – and not just Kiwis – that this wide brown land has no mountains. It requires some lateral thinking to overcome the problem of perceived flatness. The first solution to a stunted land is typical Aussie ingenuity – just call any mound a mountain. Residents living near Mount Whycheproof