Danielle Mirabella
Danielle Mirabella is senior book buyer at Readings Hawthorn
Review — 26 Aug 2024
Kitchen Sentimental: A Journey to Self-discovery, One Recipe at a Time by Annie Smithers
As a bookseller, one of the ‘perks’ of the job is the pre-publication author events hosted by publishers, exclusively for booksellers. We usually meet at an iconic Melbourne restaurant and…
Review — 26 Mar 2024
The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes
Caoilinn Hughes is touted as a major new literary voice and from the very first page of reading The Alternatives it is apparent as to why. Her prose is exciting…
Review — 25 Mar 2019
The Forest of Wool and Steel by Natsu Miyashita
As a bookseller, when a book is recommended by other booksellers, my interest is automatically piqued. The Forest of Wool and Steel by Natsu Miyashita has sold over a million…
Review — 28 May 2018
Calypso by David Sedaris
‘LOL’ is an acronym I usually avoid, however, when reading David Sedaris it is apt. Calypso, the long-awaited new collection of twenty-one stories from one of the world’s most-loved…
Review — 28 Sep 2015
M Train by Patti Smith
As a bookseller, not a week goes by where I am not asked the question, ‘What is your favourite book?’ Invariably, my answer is Patti Smith’s memoir Just Kids.
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Review — 28 May 2013
Italian Ways by Tim Parks
There is often a level of trepidation when approaching a travel memoir – what new truth or epiphany is going to be revealed this time? Happily, in the hands of…