Sharon Peterson
Sharon Peterson is a former Readings St Kilda bookseller and manager
Review — 28 Jan 2018
The Whole Bright Year by Debra Oswald
Debra Oswald has been writing since she was a teenager and is perhaps best known for her scriptwriting for both stage and screen (she is the creator and main writer…
Review — 29 May 2017
Ache by Eliza Henry-Jones
Eliza Henry-Jones signed a three-book deal with Harper Collins, making her debut novel, In the Quiet, a much anticipated release in 2015. It even made it onto the shortlist…
Review — 29 Mar 2016
Where the Trees Were by Inga Simpson
Our head book buyer, Alison, handed me a copy of Inga Simpson’s latest novel, Where the Trees Were, and said, ‘You have to read this, I know you’ll love…
Review — 27 Jul 2015
Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar
I have spent a number of family camping trips in the Coorong, a distinctive landscape south-east of Adelaide, that spans more than 130 kilometres of the South Australian coastline. No…
Review — 27 Mar 2017
The Starlings by Vivienne Kelly
Set in 1985, The Starlings, by Vivienne Kelly, is the story of a family falling apart, as seen through the eyes of its youngest member, Nicky. It begins with…
Review — 28 Sep 2015
The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks
Geraldine Brooks would have to be one of my all time favourite authors. I’ve read all four of her previous novels and thoroughly enjoyed each of them. When I started…
Review — 22 Aug 2016
Barracuda (Mini-series)
A few years ago, I was given a proof copy of what was then Christos Tsiolkas’s latest novel, Barracuda. I found myself soengrossed in the story that I couldn’t…
Review — 26 Oct 2014
I Refuse by Per Petterson
I’ve been curious about Per Petterson, who almost shares my surname, since I noticed his novels on the shelf when I first started work at Readings. Six years later, and…
Review — 23 Sep 2014
Some Luck by Jane Smiley
Some Luck may be Jane Smiley’s fourteenth novel, but it’s the first work I’ve read of hers and, I have to say, it’s left me wanting to read more! Set…
Review — 26 May 2013
TransAtlantic by Colum McCann
I have to confess to being a fan of Colum McCann’s writing. When I read his 2009 novel Let the Great World Spin, I raved about it for months…
