Books

Reviews and recommendations on the latest books both fiction and non-fiction along with suggestions on classic books to revisit.

Once Around The Sun with Jess Mudditt

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Author, journalist and book publisher, Jess Mudditt has just published her second book, a travel memoir that recounts a formative year backpacking through Asia, from Cambodia to the Khyber Pass, via China, India and Tibet. Once Around The Sun is a rollicking read, where we come along as Jess explores

The new book on the art of the Spinifex people

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Artworks from Sun & Shadow

As we approach the referendum for the Voice to Parliament in Australia, a new book on the Indigenous artists known as the Spinifex people reminds us of the way painting helped give them a voice 25 years ago in their Native Title battle. John Carty and Luke Scholes, editors of the

Novelist Alle C. Hall on her first novel

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Alle C. Hall, writer and first reader at Creative Nonfiction magazine, recently published her first novel, As Far as You Can Go Before You Have to Come Back. It’s the story of Carlie, a young woman who travels through Asia on a journey of abandon and escape. Ultimately a story

The forgotten women of Australian vaudeville

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My Giddy Aunt, a new book by documentary filmmaker Sharon Connolly, shines a light on the forgotten women of Australia’s vaudeville past. The television producer and former chief executive of Film Australia, Sharon Connolly has been involved in making many landmark history series, films. Like her documentary Red Matildas she writes

Festive season books – Part 2

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The second installment in the recap series featuring some of the books discussed on the blog in 2020. Actress Actress is Irish author Anne Enright’s latest novel and tells the story of Katherine O’Dell by her daughter Norah, her life on the stage across continents and her relationships in her life, and

Festive season books – Part 1

by Rosalyn Page -

This is the first of the festive season series that takes a look back at some of the books featured on the blog this year. Olive, again Olive, Again is Elizabeth Strout’s latest installment in her story of Olive Kitteridge, the retired maths teacher with a sharp wit and an even sharper