Elke Power
Elke Power is the editor of Readings Monthly
Review — 25 Jun 2019
See What You Made Me Do by Jess Hill
Sometimes you begin reading a book and everything else you need to do or think about instantly recedes. See What You Made Me Do by Jess Hill is one such…
Review — 26 Mar 2019
A Universe of Sufficient Size by Miriam Sved
With her second novel, A Universe of Sufficient Size, Miriam Sved again demonstrates her ability to write about highly specific human preoccupations in a way that renders them interesting…
Review — 25 Feb 2019
Unlike the Heart: A Memoir of Brain and Mind by Nicola Redhouse
In this extraordinary memoir, the reader is taken into the confidence of Nicola Redhouse: writer, editor, reader and, above all, someone who constantly seeks to better understand the human condition…
Review — 22 Oct 2018
Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver is perhaps best known for her award-winning novels The Poisonwood Bible (1998) and The Lacuna (2009), though her numerous other works will also be familiar to many. With…
Review — 19 Aug 2018
Now We Shall Be Entirely Free by Andrew Miller
English author Andrew Miller has been winning awards for his writing ever since his first book, Ingenious Pain, was published in 1997 and won the James Tait Black Memorial…
Review — 23 Sep 2018
Boys Will Be Boys by Clementine Ford
Just as she did with the title of her first book, Clementine Ford has taken another well-known expression and repurposed it for the title of her second. Ford reclaimed Fight…
Review — 22 Jul 2018
Orchid & the Wasp by Caoilinn Hughes
Orchid & the Wasp opens outrageously and does not miss a beat from there: ‘It is our right to be virgins as often as we like, Gael told the girls…
Review — 22 Jul 2018
Always Another Country by Sisonke Msimang
Perth-based South African writer Sisonke Msimang was raised in exile in the 1970s and 80s by her South African freedom-fighter parents. Her childhood and early adulthood were spent in Zambia…
Review — 28 May 2018
There Are No Grown-Ups by Pamela Druckerman
I love Pamela Druckerman’s writing. Her last book, French Children Don’t Throw Food, was, and still is, an international bestseller. To be clear, she is not the author of…
Review — 28 May 2018
Small Wrongs by Kate Rossmanith
Small Wrongs is a powerful consideration of remorse, and whether we can ever truly know it when we see it. As an ethnologist, Kate Rossmanith is more than equipped to…