About the Book: A memoir of love, despair and reinvention. Unflinching, funny, shocking, inspiring and tender: this is a story like no other. Alannah Hill, one of Australia’s most successful fashion designers, created an international fashion brand that defied trends with ornamental, sophisticated elegance, beads, bows and vintage florals. But growing up in a milk bar … Continue reading Book Review: Butterfly on a Pin by Alannah Hill
Month: Apr 2024
Book Review: Cool Water by Myfanwy Jones
About the Book: Frank Herbert's family has gathered at Tinaroo Dam for his daughter Lily's wedding - the first time he's been back since the death of his father, Joe, a year earlier. Like Frank, the dam is at an all-time low and as the water recedes, objects begin to emerge - abstract and disquieting. … Continue reading Book Review: Cool Water by Myfanwy Jones
April: Read, Listen, Watch, Repeat…
Read: I've read a great selection of novels this month, all four and five star reads. Six of the above were review titles sent to me by publishers, with Appreciation being the only title I read in April that was from my own tbr. It was read for book club. My reading highlight of the … Continue reading April: Read, Listen, Watch, Repeat…
Book Review: Appreciation by Liam Pieper
About the Book: A wild romp through Australian celebrity culture that's as bold and scathing as it is hilarious. Oli Darling is a queer artist from the country – it says so right at the top of every press release. His art has brought him fame, money, fashionable substance abuse issues and only a little … Continue reading Book Review: Appreciation by Liam Pieper
Book Review: Seven Summers by Paige Toon
About the Book: Two epic love stories. One impossible choice. The stunning new novel from Paige Toon. Six summers ago... Liv and Finn meet working in a bar on the rugged Cornish coastline, their futures full of promise. When a night of passion ends in devastating tragedy they are bound together inextricably. But Finn's life … Continue reading Book Review: Seven Summers by Paige Toon
Book Review: The Beauties by Lauren Chater
About the Book: An incomparable beauty. A promise to a king. A portrait that can never be completed. When Emilia Lennox loses everything after her husband’s lands and title are confiscated, her beauty is her best bargaining chip with the only man who can restore their fortunes: King Charles II himself. But the king’s favour … Continue reading Book Review: The Beauties by Lauren Chater
Book Review: My Brilliant Sister by Amy Brown #AYearofNZLit
About the Book: While Stella Miles Franklin took on the world, her beloved sister Linda led a short, domestic life as a wife, mother and sister. In a remarkable, genre-bending debut novel Amy Brown thrillingly reimagines those two lives – and her own – to explore and explode the contradictions embedded in brilliant careers and … Continue reading Book Review: My Brilliant Sister by Amy Brown #AYearofNZLit
Book Review: The Death of John Lacey by Ben Hobson
About the Book: An Australian western set in the goldfields of Ballarat, The Death of John Lacey is a viscerally powerful story of greed, power and violence from the author of Snake Island. John Lacey's lust for power and gold brings him riches and influence beyond his wildest dreams. Only he knows the terrible crime he committed to … Continue reading Book Review: The Death of John Lacey by Ben Hobson
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