by Rachel Franks | Jun 1, 2020 | Book Reviews
Mark Dunn, The Convict Valley: the bloody struggle on Australia’s early frontier Allen & Unwin, 294 pp., ISBN: 9781760528645, p/bk, AUS$32.99 Mark Dunn opens his history of the Hunter Valley, The Convict Valley, with an observation from Lieutenant John Shortland....
by Shari Amery | Mar 25, 2020 | Book Reviews
Julian Leatherdale, Death in the Ladies’ Goddess Club Allen & Unwin, March 2020, p/bk, ISBN: 9781 76052 963 5, RRP AUD$29.99 Death in the Ladies’ Goddess Club by Julian Leatherdale is set in Sydney in the 1930s and follows Joan Linderman, budding crime...
by Rachel Franks | Feb 11, 2020 | Book Reviews
Anne McKendry, Medieval Crime Fiction: A Critical Overview McFarland & Company, 267 pp., ISBN: 9781476666716, p/bk, US$39.95 Medieval Crime Fiction: A Critical Overview by Anne McKendry is this year’s must-have text for all crime fiction enthusiasts and scholars....
by Andrea Sturgeon | Dec 13, 2019 | Book Reviews
Antonia Pesenti & Hilary Bell, Summer Time NewSouth, October 2019, 44pp, h/bk, ISBN: 9781742236070, RRP: AUD$24.99 Summertime is a tale of reminiscence, of the best summer activities that prompt happy thoughts. and hint at possibilities for any family looking for...
by Maria Savvidis | Oct 24, 2019 | Book Reviews
Siobhán McHugh, The Snowy: A History (Anniversary edition) Paperback, May 2019, NewSouth, ISBN: 9781742236223, 368pp., AUD$34.99 This month marks the 70th anniversary of the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Scheme, the largest engineering project in Australia. This...
