Title: We see The Stars Author: Kate van Hooft Genre: Literary Fiction, Crime, Mystery Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 27th June 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 336 Price: $29.99 Synopsis:A haunting and deeply moving novel with a brilliant voice in the tradition of The Eye of the Sheep and Jasper Jones. 'Mysterious, compelling and almost unbearably tender.' Danielle Wood,… Continue reading We see The Stars by Kate van Hooft
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Swallow’s Dance by Wendy Orr
Title: Swallow's Dance Author: Wendy Orr Genre: Historical Fiction, Children's Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 27th June 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 288 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: Leira's family flee to the island of Crete just before a huge volcanic eruption destroys their island and sends a tsunami to where they thought they had found safety.… Continue reading Swallow’s Dance by Wendy Orr
The Peacock Summer by Hannah Richell
Title: The Peacock Summer Author: Hannah Richell Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 26th June 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 400 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: Two summers, decades apart. Two women whose lives are forever entwined. And a house that holds the secrets that could free them both. At twenty-six, Lillian feels ancient and exhausted. Her marriage… Continue reading The Peacock Summer by Hannah Richell
Strange Meeting by Susan Hill
Title: Strange Meeting Author: Susan Hill Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin/Profile Books Published: 23rd May 2018 Format: Hardcover Pages: 260 Price: $22.99 Synopsis: A story of love and loss in wartime from master storyteller Susan Hill. Returning to his battalion in France after a period of medical leave in England, John Hilliard, a… Continue reading Strange Meeting by Susan Hill
Pre-Release Review: Beneath the Mother Tree by D.M. Cameron
Title: Beneath the Mother Tree Author: D.M. Cameron Genre: Literary Fiction, Mystery Publisher: MidnightSun Publishing Published: 1st August 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 336 Price: $32.99 Synopsis: A spine-chilling mystery and contemporary love story, Beneath the Mother Tree plays out in a unique and wild Australian setting, interweaving Indigenous history and Irish mythology. On a small island, something… Continue reading Pre-Release Review: Beneath the Mother Tree by D.M. Cameron
The Seventh Cross by Anna Seghers
Title: The Seventh Cross Author: Anna Seghers, translated from the German by Margot Bettauer Dembo Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: First published 1942, republished 29th May 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 390 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: A rediscovered German classic novel from 1942, The Seventh Cross is both a gripping escape story and a powerful novel of… Continue reading The Seventh Cross by Anna Seghers
The Ship That Never Was: The Greatest Escape of Australian Colonial History by Adam Courtenay
Title: The Ship That Never Was: The Greatest Escape of Australian Colonial History Author: Adam Courtenay Genre: History, Non-fiction Publisher: ABC Books/HarperCollins Published: 21st May 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 336 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: The greatest escape story of Australian colonial history by the son of Australia's best-loved storyteller In 1823, cockney sailor and chancer James… Continue reading The Ship That Never Was: The Greatest Escape of Australian Colonial History by Adam Courtenay
Book Bingo Ten – A forgotten classic
The second last square I have to fill for this book bingo round is a forgotten classic. For this square, which completes Row One Down and Row Four Across, I read Selected Stories by Katherine Mansfield - the Oxford University Press edition in their World Classics series. I'm doing something a little different this time,… Continue reading Book Bingo Ten – A forgotten classic
Six Tudor Queens #3: Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen by Alison Weir
Title: Six Tudor Queens #3: Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen Author: Alison Weir Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Hachette Australia/Headline Review Published: 8th May 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 532 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: The third stunning novel in the Six Tudor Queens series by foremost and beloved historian Alison Weir JANE SEYMOUR: THE HAUNTED QUEEN by historian Alison Weir, author… Continue reading Six Tudor Queens #3: Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen by Alison Weir
The Burning Chambers by Kate Mosse
Title: The Burning Chambers Author: Kate Mosse Genre: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Published: 24th April 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 608 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: Bringing sixteenth-century Languedoc vividly to life, Kate Mosse's The Burning Chambers is a gripping story of love and betrayal, mysteries and secrets; of war and adventure, conspiracies and divided loyalties...… Continue reading The Burning Chambers by Kate Mosse
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