Jun 21, 2026 | What Am I Reading?
Author Sally Piper writes insightful novels that incorporate crucial social issues and the beauty of the natural world, and tells these stories through the perspective of relatable, contemporary characters. In her most recent novel, PEOPLE LIKE US (UQP 2026), she...
Jun 16, 2026 | What Am I Reading?
What is there left to say about award-winning Barbara Kingsolver that hasn’t already been said? She’s a brilliant writer, a skilled crafter of moving prose, she produces epic novels spanning ages of time yet manages to highlight every small detail and ensure it sings....
Jun 10, 2026 | What Am I Reading?
Christian White is a master of the crime twist, so much so that now I go looking for the twist or reveal as soon as I begin a new White book. Despite this, he still manages to surprise me with the complicated layers of deception and secrets that are hiding in plain...
Jun 8, 2026 | What Am I Reading?
I thought I could never love another Elizabeth Strout novel more, then along comes THE THINGS WE NEVER SAY (Penguin Random House 2026) and I realise again this author’s quiet, restrained power, her empathy, her understanding of the human spirit, her devotion to...
Jun 6, 2026 | What Am I Reading?
TIN MAN (Tinder Press 2017) by Sarah Winman has been on my TBR list ever since I read STILL LIFE, years ago now (still one of my favourite ever books). I had no idea what TIN MAN was about, only that it was written before STILL LIFE and everyone had good things to say...
Jun 4, 2026 | What Am I Reading?
ALL HER LIVES (UQP 2025) by Ingrid Horrocks is a collection of nine very different stories – varied times and settings – that all have in common revolutionary and feminist themes. Many of the stories are loosely connected either through situation or through the casual...
