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
Penguin Random House Australia
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: Shakespeare – The Man Who Pays the Rent by Dame Judi Dench and Brendan O’Hea
About the Book: Britain's greatest Shakespearean actor reveals her secrets in a series of intimate conversations. Taking a curtain call with a live snake in her wig; cavorting naked through the countryside painted green; acting opposite a child with a pumpkin on his head... these are just a few things Dame Judi Dench has done … Continue reading Book Review: Shakespeare – The Man Who Pays the Rent by Dame Judi Dench and Brendan O’Hea
Book Review: The Other Bridget by Rachael Johns
About the Book: Named after a famous fictional character, librarian Bridget Jones was raised on a remote cattle station, with only her mother’s romance novels for company. Now living alone in Fremantle, Bridget is a hopeless romantic. She also believes that anyone who doesn’t like reading just hasn’t met the right book yet, and that … Continue reading Book Review: The Other Bridget by Rachael Johns
Book Review: With Love from Wish & Co by Minnie Darke
About the Book: With Love from Wish & Co is a heart-warming novel about what we are prepared to give, and give up, in the name of love. Marnie Fairchild is the brains and talent behind Wish & Co, a boutique store that offers a bespoke gift-buying service to wealthy clients with complicated lives. Brian Charlesworth … Continue reading Book Review: With Love from Wish & Co by Minnie Darke
Book Review: This Year’s for Me and You by Emily Bell
About the Book: Twelve resolutions. Once chance to fall in love. Hannah and Celeste have been best friends since they were eighteen, when they made a pact to spend every New Year's Eve together. From Dublin to London, the two are inseparable: that is, until tragedy strikes. When Celeste discovers a list of Hannah's New … Continue reading Book Review: This Year’s for Me and You by Emily Bell
Book Review: Doll’s Eye by Leah Kaminsky
About the Book: Sometimes there may be more to things than meets the eye. Germany, 1933. Anna Winter returns home to find a note from her father, warning her of grave danger. She flees overnight, taking her precious doll collection with her, and sets sail for Australia. She lands a job at the Birdum Hotel … Continue reading Book Review: Doll’s Eye by Leah Kaminsky
Book Review: Perfect-ish by Jessica Seaborn
About the Book: A smart, funny and heartfelt anti-romcom by a bright new voice in Australian fiction. Prue is about to turn thirty and feels like everyone else is living their best life. Her friends are posting online about their amazing relationships, exciting travel plans and newborn babies. Prue, on the other hand, has been … Continue reading Book Review: Perfect-ish by Jessica Seaborn
Book Review: Happy Place by Emily Henry
About the Book: Harriet and Wyn are the perfect couple - they go together like bread and butter, gin and tonic, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. Every year for the past decade, they have left behind their lives to drink far too much wine and soak up the sea air with their favourite people in … Continue reading Book Review: Happy Place by Emily Henry
Book Review: Only Love Can Hurt Like This by Paige Toon
About the Book: Neither of them expected to fall in love. But sometimes life has other plans. When Wren realises her fiancé is in love with someone else, she thinks her heart will never recover. On the other side of the world, Anders lost his wife four years ago and is still struggling to move … Continue reading Book Review: Only Love Can Hurt Like This by Paige Toon
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