Aug 25, 2026 | What Am I Reading?
This book, this CIRCLE OF WONDERS, is truly an awe-inspiring novel about death and grief, forgiveness and friendship and family. I cried. I too have lost a dear friend too soon, as in this story. I’ve lost a daughter much too young. Both to cancer. A trauma only...
Aug 24, 2026 | What Am I Reading?
AND IN THE MORNING (UQP 2026) by Lenny Robinson collates three stories of women and men (often sons) woven together into a compelling tale of love, sacrifice, desire, grief and survival. The first story, set in 1919, sees Lily and her three-year-old Teddy rushing...
Aug 17, 2026 | What Am I Reading?
The eclectic, strange, beguiling collection of short stories COMMON PLACES (UQP 2026) won the Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer at the 2025 Queensland Literary Awards. Author Gillian Hagenus has a history of involvement with short story festivals,...
Aug 13, 2026 | What Am I Reading?
Rebecca Lim’s THE GRADUATE (Affirm Press 2026) is an original and fast-paced psychological thriller and mystery suspense. The plot is an iceberg: so much going on under the surface narrative. The main protagonist, new law graduate Fei Fei Chou, is a compelling...
Aug 4, 2026 | What Am I Reading?
The YA novel THE WAITING PLACE (Hachette 2026) by Megan Jacobson is a compelling and imaginative read for both young people and adults alike. With a unique premise, a fast-paced plot, superb characterisations, and themes of connection, belonging, grief, loyalty,...
Aug 2, 2026 | What Am I Reading?
Who knew (not me) there is such a crossover Venn Diagram in traits between slasher movies and rom-coms? In HOW TO KILL A GUY IN TEN DATES (Simon and Schuster 2026), debut author Shailee Thompson indulges in two of her favourite genres: slasher/horror/bloody crime...
