Writing for a generation
It is the psychological aspect of authors that fascinates me and there is nothing more interesting than to speak to the author of a book you have recently read to find out what makes them tick. I just closed the cover on […]
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Promise: what would you do?
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 […]
The Watercolourist: enjoy the garden
Author: Beatrice Masini / Reviewer: Kelly Lyonns Synopsis: (Pan Macmillan 2016) Nineteenth-century Italy. A young woman arrives at a beautiful villa in the countryside outside Milan. Bianca, a gifted young watercolourist, has been commissioned to illustrate the plants in the magnificent grounds […]
Five reasons why “The Dry” is the must-read of the year
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 […]
A French Wedding: much more than just a wedding!
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 […]