I managed to read 26 books in February across reviewing, blog tours and other reading – and I am hoping to get through just as much in March, as I have a lot of books to get through over the next few weeks, and there are always more coming. I have been mixing genres and… Continue reading February 2025 Reading Round up
Tag: Transit Lounge
The Rewilding by Donna M Cameron
Title: The Rewilding Author: Donna M Cameron Genre: Fiction Publisher: Transit Lounge Published: 1st March 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 320 Price: $32.99 Synopsis: An exhilarating and unforgettable love song for our world.Heartbroken and in fear for his life, corporate whistle blower, Jagger Eckerman, escapes to hide out in a remote cave, but kick-arse radical, Nia… Continue reading The Rewilding by Donna M Cameron
Isolation Publicity with poet, Jennifer MacKenzie
Due to recent events, many Australian authors have had to cancel book launches and festival appearances. For some, this means new novels, series continuations and debut novels are heading into this scary, strange world without much publicity or attention. The good news is, you can still buy books – online or get your local bookstore… Continue reading Isolation Publicity with poet, Jennifer MacKenzie
Book Bingo Five – A foreign translated novel, a novel with a yellow cover, a novel by an Australian man, a funny book, a memoir and a non-fiction book.
In my fifth Book Bingo post for the year, I can report that I have a BINGO! The final row going down, row five, is complete, with three out of the five squares being filled with Australian Women Writers. The text version of the row is below: Row #5 (Down) - BINGO A Foreign Translated… Continue reading Book Bingo Five – A foreign translated novel, a novel with a yellow cover, a novel by an Australian man, a funny book, a memoir and a non-fiction book.
Soon by Lois Murphy
Title: Soon Author: Lois Murphy Genre: Literary Thriller Publisher: Transit Lounge Published: 1st October 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 288 Price: $29.95 Synopsis: An almost deserted town in the middle of nowhere, Nebulah’s days of mining and farming prosperity – if they ever truly existed – are long gone. These days even the name on the… Continue reading Soon by Lois Murphy
Siren by Rachel Matthews
Title: Siren Author: Rachel Matthews Genre: Fiction Publisher: Transit Lounge Published: 1st August 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 288 Price: $29.95 Synopsis: A brave new novel that sensitively explores one woman’s experience of sexual violence and the silencing of those who feel compelled to speak out. What happens when a young woman enters a city apartment… Continue reading Siren by Rachel Matthews
Tell It To The Dog: A Memoir of Sorts by Robert Power
Title: Tell It To The Dog: A Memoir of Sorts Author: Robert Power Genre: Non-Fiction/Memoir Publisher: Transit Lounge Published: 1st July 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 224 Price: $29.95 Synopsis: Tell it to the Dog is an exquisitely written memoir that is at once playful, heartbreaking and affirming. From a Dublin childhood to London, then on to… Continue reading Tell It To The Dog: A Memoir of Sorts by Robert Power
The Pacific Room by Michael Fitzgerald
Title: The Pacific Room Author: Michael Fitzgerald Genre: Fiction Publisher: Transit Lounge Published: 1st July 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 240 Price: $29.95 Synopsis: ‘A wonderfully stylistic novel, dreamlike and mesmeric. It moves with ekphrastic cadences, from painting to writing and back again, between the present and the past, both muted and full of nuance, like… Continue reading The Pacific Room by Michael Fitzgerald
Small Publisher Spotlight: Transit Lounge — Australian Women Writers Challenge Blog
Engaging with other cultures and ways of living beyond our own is perhaps the most powerful aspect of reading, and one reason I am doing the AWW challenge – not only to read more women writers but also to try and read more diversely. Although I often pick a book based on the plot, not… via… Continue reading Small Publisher Spotlight: Transit Lounge — Australian Women Writers Challenge Blog
Disappearing off the Face of the Earth by David Cohen
Title: Disappearing Off The Face of The Earth Author: David Cohen Genre: Fiction Publisher: Transit Lounge Published: 1st May 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 224 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: Hideaway Self Storage, located just off Brisbane’s M1, is in decline. But manager Ken Guy and his assistant Bruce carry on with their daily rituals even as the… Continue reading Disappearing off the Face of the Earth by David Cohen
The Book Muse 