10 May 2015
JULIE GOODWIN’S 20/20 MEALS: FEED YOUR FAMILY FOR $20 IN 20 MINUTES – Book Review
If you want to make something during the week that’s quick, easy and hearty then worry no more.
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10 May 2015
ORIGINAL ROCKERS: Memoirs From The Early ’90s by Richard King – Book Review
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 a whole…
10 May 2015
SEX BY NUMBERS: WHAT STATISTICS CAN TEACH US ABOUT SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR by David Spiegelhalter – Book Review
Renowned statistician, author and academic Spiegelhalter, in a lengthy attempt to draw conclusions regarding human sexuality from what seems endless sources…
7 May 2015
“An Ordinary Epidemic” Is The Second Novel From Sydney Author Amanda Hickie – Book Interview
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…
29 Apr 2015
REASONS TO STAY ALIVE: Encouragement From Author Matt Haig As He Shares His Personal Experiences With Depression – Book Review
Haig (whose Humans: An A – Z was published in January) here writes about his experiences with depression, something he says that he thought would never have the…
29 Apr 2015
The Pocket Wife: A Psychodramatic Thriller by Susan Crawford – Book Review
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 Before I Go…
29 Apr 2015
UNOFFICIAL DOCTOR WHO: THE BIG BOOK OF LISTS… Because Who Doesn’t Love Doctor Who! – Book Review
McEwan, creator of the popular website Blogtor Who , is a formidable compiler of lists, and this unofficial (they almost always are) collection of some taken…
29 Apr 2015
WHERE THE WILD MUMS ARE: Because Every Mum Deserves A Break – Book Review
Katie Blackburn and Sholto Walker (Faber) 2015, unnumbered pages, $19.99
12 Apr 2015
STUFFOCATION – Living More With Less: How To Declutter Your Life by James Wallman – Book Review
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…
28 Mar 2015
VANESSA AND HER SISTER: A Complex Story Of Family From Author Priya Parmar – Book Review
Vanessa Stephen, her sister Virginia and their brothers Thoby and Adrian are bereft at the death of their beloved father soon after their mother passed away.…
26 Mar 2015
BILL ODDIE UNPLUCKED: COLUMNS, BLOGS AND MUSINGS – Book Review
Bill Oddie (Bloomsbury Academic & Professional) 2015, 224pp, RRP $35.00
26 Mar 2015
GOODBYE SWEETHEART: A Gorgeous Written Work From Marion Halligan – Book Review
Halligan’s latest novel is often gorgeously written and melancholically moving, and yet there’s something a little precious and even (dare it be said?)…