#5Books you should read
The book recommendations this week are a weird bunch, I think, but I also am not minding that too much. I mean, I found a historical…
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WOW: Up Against the Night
“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases…
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Rosalie Ham: on writing & The Dressmaker
It was the picture of Kate Winslet, looking like a 1960s screen siren against the backdrop of rural Australia that brought The Dressmaker to…
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#5Books: book recommendations 18/10
In #5Books recs this week I have a crime novel written by an Australian author with 25 years experience in perinatal psychiatry and a…
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#5Books to read 20/9
This week, I found a banned book in South Carolina that a librarian is still giving out to kids because of the powerful nature…
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Wolf By Wolf by Ryan Graudin Book Review
Stars: 4/5 Blurb: Code Name Verity meets Inglourious Basterds in this fast-paced novel from the author of The Walled City. The year is 1956,…
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#5Books to read 13/09
I found a new Sherlock Holmes this week, with a Holmes that’s frustrated, bored and in need of a challenge. He also happens to…
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#LoveOzLit: Pamela Hart, author of The Soldier’s Wife
Pamela Hart has written 30 books. Let that sink in: 30. She’s written under the name Pamela Freeman as well, earning the Premier’s History Prize…
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#LoveOzLit: Gabrielle Wang, author and illustrator
Gabrielle Wang is an author and illustrator of 16 YA and books for young readers. She’s of Chinese descent and grew up in the…
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Ray Celestin on New Orleans, murder & Jazz
I know you’re not supposed to judge a book by it’s cover, but I am absolutely attracted to distinctive covers, like a moth to…
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