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Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers
I now realise what a grave mistake I made by never having read Clare Chambers previously. After finishing Shy Creatures, I am now eager to devour all her other works – as soon as possible. This novel captured my…
Gabriel’s Moon by William Boyd
This is a visceral read: you will walk through the streets of London in the 1960s; you will smell the coffee, the cigarettes, the whiskey, and the mouse shit. You will peer around corners of pubs, admire vistas across the…
The Voyage Home by Pat Barker
The Voyage Home is the third instalment in Pat Barker’s critically acclaimed Trojan war trilogy. It follows on from the events of previous books in the series, The Silence of the Girls and The Trojan Women, which cover the…
Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson
If you’re familiar with the Jackson Brodie series, you might know that Kate Atkinson took a nine-year hiatus before bringing us Big Sky in 2019. Many readers will be thrilled to see her back once again with another tale of…
Entitlement by Rumaan Alam
Rumaan Alam’s Entitlement is a beguiling exploration of privilege, societal expectations and personal responsibility. The novel delves into the lives of its characters with a keen eye for the intricacies of social dynamics, capturing the tension between self-perception and societal…
Cherrywood by Jock Serong
Take two love stories, one good, old-fashioned Fitzroy pub, some magical realism, and mix it all up with Melbourne’s booming years of the 1910s, and you have one of the most compelling and wonderfully bonkers novels of the year. Jock…
Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty
Liane Moriarty is bewitchingly clever. And entertaining. Her latest novel will grab you from the first page and not release you until you finish the entire novel. Along the way, you will meet characters that feel like friends, you will…
Diving, Falling by Kylie Mirmohamadi
Starting over again is a little like standing at the edge of a cliff. You have no idea what is waiting at the bottom and if you do jump, you are leaving everything you know behind. It’s the feeling of…
The Wedding Forecast by Nina Kenwood
When I heard that award-winning YA author Nina Kenwood was releasing her first book for adult readers, I could barely contain my glee. Kenwood’s first two books – It Sounded Better in My Head and Unnecessary Drama – were two…
In the Margins by Gail Holmes
Literature has a way of transcending distance and generations, an ability to connect us to those with whom we have little else in common. Reading In the Margins, I was connected to Frances Wolfrenston, a rector’s wife and book…
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