Jul 15, 2026 | What Am I Reading?
A good book keeps the reader entertained with lively prose, interesting characters and an intriguing plot. A great book does all this but also conveys information and facts, encourages discussion and provides readers the opportunity to learn something or to see the...
Jul 14, 2026 | What Am I Reading?
Romy Ash’s second novel MANTLE (Ultimo Press 2025) explores our natural environment, community, isolation, fear, infection, love, desire, death, decay, ends and beginnings. MANTLE is full of contradictions: it is lovely literary prose yet highly engaging and...
Jul 5, 2026 | What Am I Reading?
Maria van Neerven’s stunning and beguiling debut collection of poetry, TWO TONGUES (UQP 2026) is charmingly naïve in form and style, yet devastatingly profound in content and themes. This slim collection celebrates Blak history and contemporary culture, raises an...
Jul 2, 2026 | What Am I Reading?
Author Catherine De Saint Phalle composes thoughtful, meditative, introspective words that come together into works of great insight and profound curiosity, whether it be fiction or non-fiction. THE HURT (Transit Lounge 2026) is a memoir of a transformational time in...
Jun 28, 2026 | What Am I Reading?
YEAH THE BOYS (Pantera Press 2026) is author Holden Sheppard’s much anticipated sequel to his award-winning novel INVISIBLE BOYS, and while you can definitely read this one as a standalone, your experience will be much richer if you’ve read INVISIBLE BOYS first. Same...
Jun 23, 2026 | What Am I Reading?
For fans of characters like Ove (Fredrik Backman) and Olive (Elizabeth Strout), the elderly Bo, and his dog, Sixten, are your new obsession. WHEN THE CRANES FLY SOUTH (Penguin Random House 2025) by debut author Lisa Ridzen (translated from Swedish by Alice Menzies) is...
