Author: Clare Varley (Melbourne) Synopsis After an unfortunate incident in an airport lounge involving an immovable customs officer, a full jar of sun-dried tomatoes, quite a lot of vomit, and the capricious hand of fate, Oliver meets Alison. In spite of this […]
Synopsis: Albert can’t help getting into mischief when no one is around. But one day he goes too far… Oh, Albert! A perfect story about a family and their not-so-perfect (but loveable!) dog. Review: Oh, Albert! is an adorable picture book, perfect […]
Author: Karly Lane / Reviewer: Lucretia Ackfield It’s been slim pickings in the romance department for single mum Lucy Parker in the small town of Bundah. So when hot biker Hugh Thompson arrives and reopens the local pub, sparks are set to fly. With her […]
If you have children aged seven to 12-years-of-age, then here are two books that will delight them! Charlie and the War Against the Grannies by Alan Brough Synopsis: I didn’t want Mrs Cyclopolos to explode. I just wanted a paper round. My […]
Author: Agnes Martin-Lugand / Reviewer: Felicity Moore Synopsis: Diane is a wife and mother, and the owner of a literary café in the heart of Paris; she leads an idyllic life. Tragedy rips into her happiness and she must figure out how […]
Author: Sarah Armstrong / Reviewer: Kellie Byrnes Synopsis: (Pan Macmillan, 2016) When a new family moves in next door, it takes Anna just two days to realise that something is very wrong. She can hear their five-year old daughter Charlie crying, then […]
Author: Giuseppe Catozella / Reviewer: Ellie George Synopsis: (Faber & Faber, 2016) Samia Omar grows up in war-torn Somalia determined to be a world-class sprinter. She sleeps with a photo of Mo Farah by her bed, trains hard despite the violence and […]
Author: Rebecca Thornton / Reviewer: Maddy Manning Synopsis: (Allen & Unwin, 2016) In 1996: Freya Seymour and Josephine Grey are invincible – beautiful and brilliant, the two best friends are on the cusp of Oxbridge, and the success they always dreamed they’d […]
Author: Elise McCune / Reviewer: JP Combe Synopsis: (Allen & Unwin, 2016) Growing up together in a mysterious castle in northern Queensland, Rose and Vivien Blake are very close sisters. But during the Second World War their relationship becomes strained when they […]
Synopsis: Kiewarra is a tiny rural community in country Victoria, populated with a cast of big characters that always seems to come with small towns, and where simply making it through the day is a tedious challenge. So, of course, this makes […]
Author: Hannah Tunnicliffe / Reviewer: Rebecca Smith Synopsis: (Pan Macmillan, 2016) Max is turning forty. All he wants for his birthday is for his six oldest friends to come to France to eat, dance, drink, and laugh for one weekend. And to […]
‘…he had to perform as well as he did on the field but in the bedroom and on me. I would score him for tongue work, hand work and yellow card him when he wasn’t paying attention.’ When I read these words […]
By Brisbane author: Rachel Amphlett Synopsis: (Amphlett, 2015) Dan Taylor has survived two attempts on his life. The rest of his team is missing, and now a terrorist group has stolen a radioactive isotope from a top secret government project. Can Dan […]
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