Hope Farm is the second novel from Melbourne based author Peggy Frew. Set in the winter of 1985, on a bleak, yet beautiful rural Victorian landscape, Hope Farm provides a detailed look at mothers, daughters and the inevitable compromises that...
Given the inevitable tensions and challenges we all face in our intimate relationships from time to time, I sat down eagerly with The Course of Love after having to wait a few months for ti to come back in store...
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrrante has been widely hailed by the literati as a modern masterpiece, a title that is not undeserved for it is a masterpiece, but it is not a light, warm, welcoming read. Rich, intense...
It’s the holidays now, and with exams over hopefully you’ve got some time to catch up on your reading. And not just because you have to, but reading for fun, for the sheer joy of losing yourself in a story,...
I read Everywhere I Look , knowing very little about Helen Garner’s work or indeed her as an author. It was not at all what I expected. I have since learnt that nonfiction has been a staple of her literary...
By Charlotte Wood The Natural Way of Things is anything but natural. Gritty, edgy and starkly confronting, it is a complex journey through the human psyche amid crisis, conflict and the tyranny of an unknown corporate power. We follow a...
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