May 31, 2026 | What Am I Reading?
YOU GIRLS PLAY NICE by KD Aldyn (Poisoned Pen Press 2026) is a darkly unhinged murder mystery and psychological thriller where almost everyone is a suspect, everyone has a motive and yet the police can’t seem to pin the crime on anybody. Set in contemporary Melbourne...
May 15, 2026 | What Am I Reading?
Is it ever okay to do the wrong thing for the right reason? Or to do the right thing for the wrong reason? In author Mark Smith’s fifth book (his second crime novel for adults) WHERE TRUTH ENDS (Pan Macmillon 2026), he explores these questions amidst the contemporary...
May 7, 2026 | What Am I Reading?
What an extraordinary, spare, glittering literary gem is PHANTOM DAYS (UQP 2026) by Angela O’Keefe. In her trademark prose style – ethereal, strange, beguiling and with a whimsical sense of wonder, O’Keefe presents a story of two women, mother and daughter, Maggie and...
Apr 28, 2026 | What Am I Reading?
Indisputably one of the top wildlife and environmental writers in Australia, Inga Simpson (also an accomplished photographer) captures Country, land, climate issues, species extinction, habitat and the sheer wonder of individual animals, birds, fish, insects, plants,...
Apr 15, 2026 | What Am I Reading?
Emily Lighezzolo’s debut novel LIFE DRAWING (UQP 2026) explores the female body from a multitude of perspectives: the physical changes of puberty, childbirth, menopause and aging; how females consider their own bodies over time; the male gaze and how it affects...
Apr 11, 2026 | What Am I Reading?
ONE NIGHT AT SILVER LAKE (Penguin Random House 2026) by Katherine Scholes is a fascinating insight into life in the 1960’s in the dual settings of Tanzania (gaining independence) and Tasmania. The author’s work is informed by her own experiences of growing up in...
