Annie Condon
Annie Condon is from Readings Hawthorn
Review — 19 Aug 2019
Very Nice by Marcy Dermansky
Booksellers are frequently asked for recommendations for ‘uplifting’ books. Whether as an antidote to turbulent times, for a relative in hospital, or for a holiday read, a novel with wit…
Review — 28 May 2019
Breaking Badly by Georgie Dent
Georgie Dent is an accomplished journalist and public speaker. She is the contributing editor of Women’s Agenda, and tweets on feminist issues. But while her memoir, Breaking Badly, details…
Review — 28 May 2019
Hitch by Kathryn Hind
In her debut novel, Kathryn Hind has created a complex and vulnerable character, Amelia, who ishitchhiking around Australia following her mother’s death. Amelia is in her early twenties and has…
Review — 22 Apr 2019
A Lovely and Terrible Thing by Chris Womersley
It is a testament to the quality of Chris Womersley’s short fiction that sixteen of the stories in this collection have already been published in journals such as Meanjin and…
Review — 22 Apr 2019
Room for a Stranger by Melanie Cheng
Melanie Cheng arrived on the Australian literary scene in style. Her debut story collection, Australia Day, won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript; then, upon publication…
Review — 26 Mar 2019
The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone by Felicity McLean
Felicity McLean creates a wonderful eleven-year-old narrator, Tikka, in her debut novel, The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone. It is through Tikka’s eyes the reader sees the events of…
Review — 28 Jan 2019
Into the Fire by Sonia Orchard
A literary trend I’m enjoying very much is the novel focusing on the tribulations of female friendship. Think Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Quartet; Marlena by Julie Buntin; The Burning Girl…
Review — 23 Sep 2018
At Dusk by Hwang Sok-yong
At Dusk is a small but powerful novel from one of South Korea’s most esteemed novelists. Hwang Sok-yong, born in 1943, has witnessed enormous political and historical change in his…
Review — 19 Aug 2018
Pretend I’m Dead by Jen Beagin
Pretend I’m Dead is a stunning debut novel; its cover is filled with recommendations from established authors, and it tops my best reads for 2018. Jen Beagin has created a…
Review — 24 Aug 2014
When the Night Comes by Favel Parrett
Favel Parrett burst onto the Australian literary scene in 2011 with the novel Past the Shallows, which was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award. Parrett was widely praised for…
