Rosa: Memories With Licence... About the Book: As British as Earl Grey tea, ‘Rosa’ has spent most of her life in Melbourne. Her children and grandchildren are all Australian-born, as was Alan, her writer husband. But Rosa is hesitant about an unconditional commitment to Vegemite, mateship and the ANZAC legend; she remains a perennial migrant, … Continue reading Book Review: Rosa: Memories With Licence by Ros Collins
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Book Review: Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen by Alison Weir
Six Tudor Queens: Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen... About the Book: The third stunning novel in the Six Tudor Queens series by foremost and beloved historian Alison Weir. THE WOMAN HAUNTED BY THE FATE OF HER PREDECESSOR. Eleven days after the death of Anne Boleyn, Jane is dressing for her wedding to the King. She … Continue reading Book Review: Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen by Alison Weir
TV in Review: Ekaterina
Ekaterina The Rise of Catherine the Great Season One About the Show: Released in 2014, Ekaterina is a Russia-1 historical television biographical series starring Marina Aleksandrova as the eventual Russian empress Catherine the Great. It tells the story of princess Sophie Friederike Auguste, and her rise to power to become Empress of Russia, following a … Continue reading TV in Review: Ekaterina
Book Review: The Tenth Muse by Catherine Chung
The Tenth Muse… About the Book: A brilliant and gripping novel about a young woman's gift for mathematics, and the secret of her past bound up in World War II. The first thing I remember being said of me with any consistency was that I was intelligent - and I recognized even then that it … Continue reading Book Review: The Tenth Muse by Catherine Chung
TV Chat: Victoria – Season 3
I've loved the TV series Victoria right from the get go, so season 3 was a highly anticipated treat that I had been saving for a time when I could binge watch the lot. The time was this long weekend just gone, but sadly, it was a major letdown. For a start, most of the … Continue reading TV Chat: Victoria – Season 3
Book Review: Bella and Chaim by Sara Rena Vidal
Bella and Chaim: The Story of Beauty and Life… About the Book: Encompassing the inspirational true story of Bella and Chaim, the author’s parents, with the intergenerational trauma of being a child of survivors, this memoir of love, loss and gratitude, is a testament to the human spirit as well as a call to rise … Continue reading Book Review: Bella and Chaim by Sara Rena Vidal
Book Review: Heroines – An Anthology of Short Fiction and Poetry edited by Sarah Nicholson and Caitlin White
Heroines… About the Book: For a time, it seemed that a great storehouse of women’s treasure had been forever lost; the stories of heroines who had awoken to the call to adventure, and faced down challenges, in order to bring the gifts born through their trials into the world. The Heroines Anthology tells tales from … Continue reading Book Review: Heroines – An Anthology of Short Fiction and Poetry edited by Sarah Nicholson and Caitlin White
New Release Book Review: Mutiny on the Bounty by Peter Fitzsimons
Mutiny on the Bounty: A saga of sex, sedition, mayhem and mutiny, and survival against extraordinary odds… About the Book: The dramatic story of Captain William Bligh, Fletcher Christian and history's most famous mutiny, brought to life by Peter FitzSimons, Australia's storyteller. The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, … Continue reading New Release Book Review: Mutiny on the Bounty by Peter Fitzsimons
New Release Book Review: The King’s War by Mark Logue and Peter Conradi
The King’s War… About the Book: The extraordinary follow-up to the international bestseller The King's Speech The broadcast that George VI made to the nation on the outbreak of war in September 1939 - which formed the climax of the multi Oscar-winning film The King's Speech - was the product of years of hard work … Continue reading New Release Book Review: The King’s War by Mark Logue and Peter Conradi
New Release Book Review: The Kinship of Secrets by Eugenia Kim
The Kinship of Secrets... About the Book: The riveting story of two sisters, one raised in the United States, the other in South Korea, and the family that bound them together even as the Korean War kept them apart. In 1948 Najin and Calvin Cho, with their young daughter Miran, travel from South Korea to … Continue reading New Release Book Review: The Kinship of Secrets by Eugenia Kim
