Writing about Australian women living in small rural towns is what Karly Lane excels at as she avoids the stereotyping and presents real women with everyday issues and challenges. Twist of Fate is no exception and deals with family disruptions, wealthy weddings in the...
A “lift the flap” book is always great fun for young readers. There are many things hiding, waiting to be discovered. We’re Hopping Around Australia takes us around Australia, looking at landmarks and many native animals. Out tour guides are bunnies who begin their...
Barbara Sumner, in her first fiction novel The Gallows Bird, celebrates the lives of so many women placed in service at a young age, some to accept their lot in life, others like Hannah Bird, with a yearning for a better future; with ideas above their station in life....
A history since 1800 “This book is about how Aboriginal people have been challenged by change since 1800, forging a place in Victoria, to live as Aboriginal people in an altered world.” This is how the author, Richard Broome begins Aboriginal Victorians A history...
The story and importance of the Anzac Legend is rather difficult to convey to younger children. It is so fitting that Anzac Ted has been reprinted after ten years as it explains those concepts very well. The story presents themes on many different levels, but all of...
Graham Seal has written many stories about Australian History. He has written “Bush Yarns, Convict Stories, Australian Mysteries, Great Australian Journeys, and Great Anzac Stories”, to name a few. He has done an enormous amount of research over the years and has a...
Like many small declining country towns in Australia, Rainer is struggling to survive. It was once a popular truck stop between Melbourne and Sydney but now local businesses are in decline due to roads now bypassing it. Residents are due to vote on a proposal to...
‘Consumed’ can be considered the sequel to ‘Sixteen Horses’ (2021) Greg Buchanan’s debut novel, which was a resounding success, as forensic veterinarian Dr Cooper Allen is once again a central character. Although a few tough years have passed since the events in the...
Acclaimed novelist, poet and musician Gregory Day has realised on the unsuspecting public his latest literary work, The Bell of the World, which is made up of many aspects of life: all encased within the lyrical. poetic, conferential and all too real. Sarah...
Once again, the master craftsman of crime Chris Hammer has woven an engaging tale in The Tilt. His characters are realistic and well developed, his plot is complex with many threads, but the outstanding feature of this book is his descriptions. The reader is...
Set in Queensland from 1942, this Historical Fiction, Daughter of the Home Front deals with people during the war period. The main character, Emma Hatton, is a smart young woman who had never had the chance for further education. She had to leave school and help with...
The Proxy Bride from Zoe Boccabella, in a very entertaining style reveals yet another slice of Australian History that may have by-passed many people. Zoe Boccabella begins her story in Italy in 1939. At that time the people in villages were extremely poor, young...
