The Treehouse Joke Book: What is a tornado’s favourite game to play?
Twister of course! So what is The Treehouse Joke Book about? Jokes. Jokes. Jokes. This is a collection of jokes — the most corniest…
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The Secrets We Kept: Secrets, lies and spies
What is this about?: For me at least, a thriller about spies and bringing Dr Zhivago to Russians became something else entirely as I…
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Blood Territory: a murder, a podcast and … endings
What is this about?: This is an investigation into Jim O’Connell’s death in the Northern Territory, an event that came to journalist Mark Whittaker’s…
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The Gruffalo’s Child: all grown up on its 15-year anniversary
What is this about?: The Gruffalo’s Child, a daughter, goes adventuring to find the big bad Mouse! What else is this about?: Cuteness. No…
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The Blessed Girl: Beautiful and blessed
What is this about?: Bontle is a survivor — she’s survived her past, her mother and she survives by being blessed — by ensuring the…
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Bowraville: Murdered children, racism and a quest for justice
What is this about?: Based on the podcast of the same name, Bowraville is the story of three Aboriginal families’ quest for justice against…
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To The Lions is about journalists on the hunt for a story, and this should totally be a genre
What is this about? Casey is a reporter at the Post when she sort of accidentally stumbles on to an unexpected story. This is…
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The Last House Guest: a lesson in atmospheric writing
What is this about?: A year after her best friend dies, in a suicide (or so everyone thinks) Avery finds herself investigating that night…
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Lies Lies Lies: Don’t believe everything you read
What is this about?: So many lies between a couple and the consequences of them. What else is this about?: I’m not even kidding:…
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The Girls is a story about how grief can ruin you
What is this about?: This is a story about grief, about the all encompassing kind that pulls you under and won’t let go. It’s…
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