New Australian Books
Book review: House of Longing, Tara Calaby
An historical fiction that navigates the world of women in Victorian asylums.
Book review: Blackwater, Jacqueline Ross
A slow build Gothic debut has ties to historical Tasmania.
Book review: The Bookbinder of Jericho, Pip Williams
The companion volume to her earlier best-seller, 'The Dictionary of Lost Words', sees Williams once again enthral with her storytelling.
Book review: Search History, Amy Taylor
The whims and perils of dating in the internet age.
Book review: Fed to Red Birds, Rijn Collins
A novel about the strangeness of beauty and morbidity of obsession.
Book review: Family, edited by Alaina Gougoulis and Ian See
Is blood really thicker than water?
Book review: Home Before Night, JP Pomare
This original thriller begs to be devoured in a single sitting.
Book review: Higher Education, Kira McPherson
A quiet coming-of-age campus novel set in Perth.
Book Review: Hard to Bear, Isabelle Oderberg
This thoughtful examination of pregnancy loss combines anecdotal wisdom, scientific evidence and investigative journalism.
Book review: Girl in a Pink Dress, Kylie Needham
A thoughtful debut on love and art.