Suzanne Steinbruckner
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Review — 29 Feb 2016
Wildlight by Robyn Mundy
Robyn Mundy’s novel Wildlight had me wishing to visit Maatsuyker Island (Maat) off the southern coast of Tasmania, despite its cold, wild, wet and windy nature. Sixteen-year-old Stephenie West is…
Review — 26 Feb 2014
The Free by Willy Vlautin
At times in Willy Vlautin’s fourth novel, The Free, I found myself wondering if I was reading or had in fact drifted while watching a documentary. The stories in…
Review — 27 Jan 2015
Mobile Library by David Whitehouse
Twelve-year-old Bobby Nusku has been having a hard time. He’s a prime target for the school bullies, friends are hard to come by and he and his dad just haven’t…
Review — 27 Jan 2015
Everything You Need To Know About the Referendum To Recognise Indigenous Australians by Megan Davis and George Williams
There are strong arguments on both sides of the debate for changing the Australian Constitution to recognise Indigenous Australians and this text looks at the legal and constitutional ramifications of…
Review — 26 Oct 2014
Springtime: A Ghost Story by Michelle de Kretser
Michelle de Kretser’s Springtime begins casually after our protagonist, Frances, and her partner, Charlie, move from Melbourne to Sydney. Frances, having taken up a research fellowship at the University of…
Review — 24 Aug 2014
Confessions of a People-Smuggler by Dawood Amiri
I felt humbled to read Dawood Amiri’s Confessions of a People-Smuggler. He puts a human face to the people who end up in the messy middle to bottom end…
Review — 22 Jul 2014
Nest by Inga Simpson
Inga Simpson is one to surprise. Her first novel, Mr Wigg – while not something I would instinctively select – quickly won me over with its heartwarming tale. Her second…
Review — 31 Jan 2014
Plague and Cholera by Patrick Deville
I like my novels to drop me straight into events and Patrick Deville’s Plague and Cholera does just that. The reader joins Dr Alexandre Yersin in Paris, May 1940, as…
Review — 24 Oct 2013
A Lifetime on Clouds by Gerald Murnane
Gerald Murnane had me hooked from page one of what is his second novel, A Lifetime on Clouds. Murnane’s wonderful imagination (and perhaps parallels with his own Catholic schoolboy…
