The Volcano Book by Gill Jolly1 July, 2008Volcanologist Gill Jolly lives among the volcanos of the South Island of New Zealand and has worked with volcanos all her life.
30 Australian Sports Stories by Loretta Barnard1 July, 2008The name says it all in this latest instalment of Random House’s ‘30 Australian’ series.
Tabloid Man by Sandra Hall1 July, 2008For her third offering, film reviewer and novelist Sandra Hall turns to biography.
Word of Honour by Michael Pryor1 July, 2008In the third instalment of the ‘Laws of Magic’ series, Word of Honour, we follow Aubrey Fitzwilliam as he accompanies his father (the Prime Minister) on a viewing of the new ‘underwater ship’ which could bolster Albion’s military strength against its rivals.
Robert Helpmann by Anna Bemrose1 July, 2008Robert Helpmann achieved so much in the arts in one life that he should be more highly regarded in Australia than he is—but then, he didn’t play cricket, he danced.
Tom Tom by Rosemary Sullivan1 July, 2008This first-time author has spent many years working as a primary teacher in the ‘top end’ of the Northern Territory, and is currently the teaching principal of a small school 200km south-west of Darwin.
Love Our Way by Julia Rollings1 July, 2008Love Our Way is Julia Rollings’ unique story of her ‘large and wonderfully complicated’ family.
One Magic Square by Lolo Houbein1 July, 2008This delightful and timely book is the author’s solution to soaring food prices. Simply grow your own food garden, starting with one square metre of soil.
Left for Dead by Ricky Megee1 July, 2008With the help of journalist-friend Greg McLean, Ricky Megee recounts his own dire plight of surviving 10 weeks alone in outback Australia.
From Russia with Lunch by David Smiedt1 July, 2008In Are We There Yet? (2003), David Smiedt went to South Africa, the country of his birth and upbringing, providing a travelogue informed by history and politics.
Ever, Manning by Roslyn Russell1 July, 2008Rosalyn Russell was Manning Clark’s research assistant from when she began working on Vol V1 of A History of Australia in 1982.
The Way of Purity by Bevan McGuiness1 July, 2008I have been fortunate to be able to read and review both of the previous Triumvirate titles.
Sweet by Tracy Ryan1 July, 2008This engrossing novel is written in deceptively simple prose, and takes us into the lives of three women involved with a Baptist church headed by the mesmerising Reverend William King.
Me and My Holden by Don Loffler1 July, 2008Don Loffler’s latest tribute to the first Holdens follows on from his successful books She’s a Beauty, Still Holden Together and The FJ Holden.
Royal Exile by Fiona McIntosh1 July, 2008Readers of traditional, ‘high’ fantasy fiction will no doubt already be familiar with Fiona McIntosh.
Life in Seven Mistakes by Susan Johnson1 July, 2008If fractious family-drama tales make you cringe, then Life in Seven Mistakes is not the book for you.
The Kidnap of Alice Mcgilvray by Rae Litting1 July, 2008At a party held by high-flying property developer Joseph McGilvray, wealthy guests have gathered and are eating bad finger-food and quaffing alcoholic beverages when the host’s wife, Alice, is unceremoniously kidnapped.
Ghostlines by Nick Gadd1 July, 2008Philip Trudeau has fallen a long, long way from grace.
Fugitive Blue by Claire Thomas1 July, 2008Claire Thomas has an Honours degree in Art History from Melbourne University.
I Dream of Magda by Stefan Laszczuk1 July, 2008George’s life consists of working in a bowling alley, staring wistfully at the tree where he and his ex shared their first kiss, keeping an eye on his grieving brother, and helping out his sad-but-ever-smiling Mum.
The Daughters of Moab by Kim Westwood1 July, 2008In a broken and charred Western Australia, Assumpta Viali is an assassin for the repressive religious council of Nathan.
Crooked by Camilla Nelson1 July, 2008Read three pages of Camilla Nelson’s Crooked and you may put it down, read 20 and you cannot.
The Build Up by Phillip Gwynne1 July, 2008This debut adult crime novel from the author of Deadly Unna is set in Darwin.
Lu-Lu’s Wish by Matt Zurbo, illus. Ben de Quadros-Wander28 June, 2008I am in two minds about this book; the words of the blurb describe it as ‘a whimsical tale of hope and a little girl who wanted something more’, indicating the essence of the storyline, and yet I found it hard to find any clear purpose to the story.
Come on Everybody, Time to Play! by Nigel Grey, illus. by Bob Graham25 June, 2008Imagine waking up on a Sunday morning before everybody else. Has this happened to you? Where is everybody?