Julia Jackson
Julia Jackson is the assistant manager of Readings Carlton
Review — 27 Jan 2022
A Very Nice Girl by Imogen Crimp
The last time I read a book that happened to have ‘girl’ in the title, things didn’t pan out too well for the main character. But that was a crime…
Review — 2 Nov 2021
Doing Politics: Writing on Public Life by Judith Brett
In recent years, avid readers have been rewarded with collections of writings by Don Watson, David Marr and Robert Manne. Now, it’s Judith Brett’s turn, with this excellent collection that…
Blog post — 4 Aug 2021
The best new crime reads in August
Our crime specialist shares 9 great crime reads to look out for this month.
This month’s crime new releases are a veritable smorgasbord for lovers of the genre. Truly, it’s…
Review — 1 Aug 2021
Sabriel: 25th Anniversary Edition by Garth Nix
As a bookseller you know you’re getting old when your childhood favourites reach major milestones. 2021 marks 25 years since the release of Garth Nix’s Sabriel, the first in…
Review — 1 Aug 2021
The Women of Little Lon by Barbara Minchinton
If I asked if you knew about Madame Brussels, I’d forgive you for responding: ‘oh, the rooftop bar at the Spring Street end of Bourke Street, where the staff used…
Review — 1 Aug 2021
The Orchard Murders by Robert Gott
For our Crime Book of the Month we return to 1944 and gloomy, wartime Melbourne in Robert Gott’s The Orchard Murders, the fourth instalment in his Holiday Murders series…
Blog post — 3 May 2021
The best new crime reads in May
This month, Julia Jackson is stepping in as our crime specialist to share 10 great crime reads to look out for this month.
CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH
Review — 26 Apr 2021
Unsheltered by Clare Moleta
In a landscape rent by an undefined climate catastrophe, societal breakdown and possible armed conflict, a network of refugee camps, settlements and supply stations house what remains of humankind. Though…
Review — 28 Mar 2021
Sex, Lies and Question Time by Kate Ellis
Well, this book could not have come at a better time, could it? Sex, Lies and Question Time came to me for review hot on the heels of International Women’s…
Review — 2 Feb 2021
A Net For Small Fishes by Lucy Jago
Last year’s big historical fiction release was Hilary Mantel’s hefty conclusion to her brilliant Tudor-era trilogy The Mirror and the Light. This year’s could well be historian Lucy Jago’s…
