Richard Goldstein (Bloomsbury Circus) 2015, 223pp, $29.99 Goldstein’s memoir of his experiences as a rock critic into the later ‘60s doesn’t delve at great length into his ‘50s childhood, nor his work...
Richard King (Faber & Faber) 2015, 252pp, RRP $35.00 King’s memoir of an early ‘90s time when he was a regular customer of indie record shop Revolver in Bristol and, later, an employee, seeks to evoke...
Julie Goodwin (Hachette Australia), 256pp, RRP $45.00 If you want to make something during the week that’s quick, easy and hearty then worry no more. Solid, decent, homely, there’s nothing flashy,...
David Spiegelhalter (Profile) 2015, 368pp, RRP $27.99 Renowned statistician, author and academic Spiegelhalter, in a lengthy attempt to draw conclusions regarding human sexuality from what seems endless...
by Lynette Washington. Amanda Hickie’s novel An Ordinary Epidemic is being launched by Adelaide’s MidnightSun Publishing this week. We chatted via email with Amanda about her novel, in which a deadly...
Cameron K. McEwan (Quarto Group USA) 2015, 256pp, $27.99 McEwan, creator of the popular website Blogtor Who, is a formidable compiler of lists, and this unofficial (they almost always are) collection of some...
Katie Blackburn and Sholto Walker (Faber) 2015, unnumbered pages, $19.99 Writer Blackburn and illustrator Walker’s brisk but lovely kiddie book cheekily borrows the basic plot of the late lamented Maurice...
Susan Crawford (Faber) 2015, 303pp, RRP $29.99 Crawford’s début novel is an attempt at a page-turning psychodramatic thriller seen from the perspective of a protagonist we can’t truly trust (like...
Matt Haig (A&U Canongate) 2015, 264pp, $24.99 Haig (whose Humans: An A – Z was published in January) here writes about his experiences with depression, something he says that he thought would...
James Wallman (Viking) 2015, 358pp, RRP $29.99 The title may suggest that this book offers an easy way to declutter your house but it’s so much more than that. It’s a wide-ranging look at the over-consumption...
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