LATEST BLOG POSTS
Reading Roundup: The 35 books read in 2024 + my top Christmas gift recommendations
A reading bonanza in 2024! Here are my top picks to inspire your next visit to the library or bookshop.
Em’s 2023 Reading Roundup: The 32 books read + one-line reviews of my top reads
A definite reading recovery in 2023! Here are my top picks and some Christmas gift recommendations too.
Review: Storylines, Carrie Cox
A timely and vital novel from one of Australia’s best-kept secrets.
Reviewing a brave and funny memoir | getting out on the town
A brave, honest and funny memoir for the modern man.
Review: The Cast Aways of Harewood Hall, Karen Herbert
Karen Herbert is Perth’s new mystery-writing machine and her second novel is polished to a shine.
Review: The Brink, Holden Sheppard
The long awaited second novel is finally coming from the Perth YA sensation who wrote the award-winning Invisible Boys. No pressure…
Review: The River Mouth, Karen Herbert
Love crime, smart contemporary general fiction or the dark beauty of Australian Gothic? This 2021 debut from Geraldton-born Karen Herbert is a crowd-pleaser.
Review: So Many Beats of the Heart, Carrie Cox
West Australian journalist and author Carrie Cox breaks new and fertile ground in this wise, funny and compassionate new novel.
Review: The Hush, Sara Foster
The Hush takes Foster’s skills with pace and plot and applies them for the first time to science fiction.
