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Books Read While Travelling South to Bury My Grandparents: After the Flood, by Kassandra Montag
Sep 29

Sep 29 Books Read While Travelling South to Bury My Grandparents: After the Flood, by Kassandra Montag

Danielle Carey
reads for grown ups, reviews

If you’re going to read one book on a 731-kilometre road trip to farewell your grandmother, let it be Kassandra Montag’s debut novel, After the Flood.

Historical Australian crime and mystery: Corella Press cover reveal and giveaway
Aug 24

Aug 24 Historical Australian crime and mystery: Corella Press cover reveal and giveaway

Danielle Carey
australian, crime + thriller, giveaway

Corella Press launches a series of rediscovered Australian crime and mystery writing.

#ReadingWithMum: Meet Me in Venice, by Barbara Hannay
Aug 12

Aug 12 #ReadingWithMum: Meet Me in Venice, by Barbara Hannay

Danielle Carey
australian, reads for grown ups, reviews, interviews, #readingwithmum

In this review-interview, author Barbara Hannay shares about the inspiration and the heart behind her new family drama, Meet Me in Venice.

Hardboiled and full of heart: JM Green's flawed and fierce Stella Hardy
Jul 18

Jul 18 Hardboiled and full of heart: JM Green's flawed and fierce Stella Hardy

Danielle Carey
australian, reads for grown ups, reviews, crime + thriller

In Shoot Through, JM Green’s latest in the Stella Hardy trilogy of thrillers, we encounter a wisecracking, distinctly Aussie heroine who doesn’t mind crossing a few moral boundaries in order to get at the truth.

Strangers in a familiar world: growing up through grief in Nova Weetman's Sick Bay
Jun 24

Jun 24 Strangers in a familiar world: growing up through grief in Nova Weetman's Sick Bay

Danielle Carey
australian, reads for kids, reviews

Nova Weetman’s latest middle grade novel features two beautiful young characters and a hard-won friendship.

The TBR tour: May new arrivals
May 15

May 15 The TBR tour: May new arrivals

Danielle Carey
the TBR tour, book mail

In which a whole bunch of book mail arrives at once — and, with it, all my Christmases.

In the read-up to Sydney Writers' Festival: the best of Australian non fiction
Apr 11

Apr 11 In the read-up to Sydney Writers' Festival: the best of Australian non fiction

Danielle Carey
australian, non fiction, reads for grown ups, reviews, swf

Three of the best: the non-fiction reads you should pick up before Sydney Writers’ Festival.

In the read-up to Sydney Writers' Festival: four must-read novels
Mar 26

Mar 26 In the read-up to Sydney Writers' Festival: four must-read novels

Danielle Carey
australian, literary fic, reads for grown ups, reviews

Heading to SWF? You should definitely check out The Lost Man, The Fragments, The Scholar and The Life to Come before you do.

Precious and tarnished: Golden Child, by Claire Adam
Jan 28

Jan 28 Precious and tarnished: Golden Child, by Claire Adam

Danielle Carey
literary fic, reads for grown ups, reviews

A review of Claire Adam’s spare and unsettling debut, Golden Child.

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