Jo Case
Jo Case is a former Readings Doncaster bookseller
Review — 26 Apr 2017
For a Girl by Mary-Rose MacColl
For a Girl is the story Mary-Rose MacColl has been writing around all her life. Its themes – of sexual misconduct and secrets – have driven her critically acclaimed novels…
Blog post — 2 Apr 2017
Jo Case interviews Jessica Friedmann
Jo Case interviews Jessica Friedmann about her debut collection of essays, Things That Helped.
The opening chapter in Jessica Friedmann’s memoir-in-essays, Things That Helped, closes with her lying…
Review — 26 Apr 2017
Depends What You Mean by Extremist by John Safran
Self-described ‘television prankster’ John Safran confirms that he’s a major writing talent with his second book. Here, he embeds himself with Australian political extremists and attempts to tease out the…
Review — 26 Feb 2017
The Family by Chris Johnston and Rosie Jones
Books about cults were big last year: Emma Cline’s The Girls, about the Manson family, was the talk of 2016. Locally, Laura Elizabeth Woollett’s The Love of a Bad…
Blog post — 6 Oct 2011
Q&A with Tony Birch, author of Blood
Jo Case talks to Melbourne author Tony Birch about his latest novel, Blood.
You’re best known as a short-story writer, for your collections Shadowboxing and Father’s Day. Do…
Blog post — 25 Sep 2011
Q&A with Charlotte Wood, author of Animal People
Jo Case interviews Sydney author Charlotte Wood about her latest novel, Animal People.
In Animal People, you revisit the family from The Children, concentrating on the hapless…
Blog post — 30 Aug 2011
Q&A with Anna Funder, author of All That I Am
Jo Case interviews Australian writer Anna Funder, of Stasiland fame, about her first foray into fiction, All That I Am.
The idea of choosing not to witness – and…