Environmental issues, immigrations, teenage angst and courage have all come together in this inspiring and timely work from Arlene Mark, The Year Without A Summer, which while written for the teen market is an excellent read for a wide range of ages. Jaime Fulton is...
Song cycles are something that is not all that common in the world of today’s music and yet, by its very nature, so much of the music created in a neoclassical, spiritual/new age style is exactly that; a song cycle. Composer and pianist Pam Asberry has created a...
Set in an affluent white neighbourhood of the post war America 1950’s during the endless days of a hot California summer, housewife Joyce Haney vanishes. The children are found in tears, a bloodstain on the floor of the kitchen. How this was possible in this perfect...
Laura is on summer holidays, going with her Mum for the day as she cleans house and then to the beach to spend some time playing after work. As their journey begins, it is fast becoming a typically hot summers day and Lara hopes maybe Mum will buy an ice-cream on the...
Autobiographies can some times be rather dry and predictable, but One Hundred Summer; a family story by Vanessa Branson is a cracker. She has correctly determined that you are a product of your ancestors. Their fortunes, family traits, attitudes, and genetics have a...
Only Mostly Devastated from Sophie Gonzales is an absolutely fun read which so very well portrays the agonies of growing up, coming out and fitting in. A modern take of the much-loved Grease, Only Mostly Devastated is a definite must read for teens and their parents....
Maybe it’s in your DNA, or a learned behaviour, or a Star Sign, but there is definitely a group of people who just love the water and being in it. For those people, The Memory Pool is a dynamic collection of short stories that is so Australian, and so exciting to...
Best selling authors Antonia Pesenti & Hilary Bell are back with a nostalgic return to the summer holidays of their youth in Summer Time, a trip down memory lane with rhyming text, gloriously vibrant, summer colour illustration and a huge amount of fun to be...
Dreamy and refreshing this peaceful collection Half Moon Bay from the piano of Rick Sparks is an absolute delight, inspired by his love of the ocean and the love and enjoyment of the peace, relaxation and beauty there to be found and enjoyed. A lover of the Beach...
As a holiday read, this novel will be a hit. The front cover gives a feel of an almost cartoon like content, but nothing could be further from the truth. The story begins slowly, but gains momentum and complexity as it goes along. The reader rides on the wave with...
Life and how you view it can change in a mere second, a splinter of time, and the effects can be life changing, as was the case when Brianna Donahue’s mother disappeared from their property when she was three years old. She appeared to have vanished without a trace,...
It is wonderful to see the works of English Poet and writer Walter de la Mare (25 April 1873 – 22 June 1956) being bought back into the modern arena with the republishing of several of his poems for children, the latest being Summer Evening. The prose is simple making...
