Kara Nicholson
Kara Nicholson is from Readings online
Blog post — 18 Nov 2015
10 gift ideas for ethical and socially responsible shoppers
Heartland: Celebrating 50 Years of the Australian Conservation Foundation by Australian Conservation Foundation
This lovely celebration of the fifty year history of the Australian Conservation Foundation is fantastic value. The…
Review — 23 Sep 2014
The Wife Drought by Annabel Crabb
Journalist and TV personality Annabel Crabb is interested in the domestic lives of the career-driven. Her television show, Kitchen Cabinet, takes us into the kitchens of some of our…
Review — 26 Aug 2015
The Seed Collectors by Scarlett Thomas
Scarlett Thomas is a very prolific young writer (The Seed Collectors is her ninth novel) and she’s also immensely talented. Her witty prose is captivating from the first page…
Review — 22 Mar 2015
Mothers and Others
‘So here we are, another book about mothering.’ So begins Christie Nieman’s reflection (or perhaps rant would be more accurate) on the impossibility of being a woman over thirty and…
Review — 23 Feb 2015
Down To The River by S.J. Finn
Small, independent publishers exist to push boundaries and bring to light books that mainstream companies might consider too risky to publish. Down To the River is the second novel by…
Blog post — 17 Nov 2014
Ten gift ideas for ethical and socially responsible shoppers
Bookseller Kara Nicholson has compiled a list of ten gift ideas for shoppers aspiring to be ethical and socially responsible consumers this Christmas.
1. Jukurrpa 2015 Diary ($22.95)
Designed and…
Review — 24 Nov 2014
The Last Pulse by Anson Cameron
Just as the current Environment Minister consulted Wikipedia to dismiss links between climate change and bushfire intensity, I use it to check the status of Australia’s millennium drought and find…
Review — 24 Aug 2014
Blood and Guts: Dispatches from the Whale Wars by Sam Vincent
With print journalism on the decline it’s heartening to discover there’s still very much a place for investigative journalism in book form. Australian writers in particular are producing some fantastic…
Review — 19 Feb 2014
The Yellow Papers by Dominique Wilson
Melbourne-based independent press Transit Lounge has a particular interest in works that explore the connections between East and West, and this latest release, with a narrative that moves between characters…
Review — 29 Jan 2014
The Road to Middlemarch: My Life with George Eliot by Rebecca Mead
I’ve read Middlemarch twice, once as a teenager and once as an adult. Although I loved it the first time, it was the second reading that convinced me this was…
