Michael Skinner
Michael Skinner is a former Readings St Kilda bookseller
Review — 3 Oct 2021
Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Franzen’s latest novel, Crossroads, abandons the overt political messaging of Freedom and the narrative globetrotting of Purity, returning instead to the neurotic dramas of the Midwestern family…
Review — 28 Jun 2021
Late Bloomer by Clem Bastow
Throughout her life, Clem Bastow went through periods of intense obsession with dinosaurs, musical theatre and professional wrestling. Fresh out of school, she threw herself into music journalism and feature…
Review — 20 Aug 2017
The City Always Wins by Omar Robert Hamilton
The City Always Wins captures, in form and content, the frenzied optimism and the violent, reactionary turn of the Arab Spring as it unfolded in Tahrir Square, Cairo. We witness…
Review — 26 Jun 2017
Draw Your Weapons by Sarah Sentilles
In Draw Your Weapons, Sarah Sentilles weaves together politics, memoir and history to create a meditation on the relationship between war, art and critical theory. The fractured narrative recalls…
Review — 30 Mar 2021
This Is How by M.J. Hyland
This Is How is M.J. Hyland’s third and – though over a decade has passed since its publication in 2009 – most recent novel. It received high critical praise upon…
