Image of covers of books The Australian Wars by Rachel Perkins, Stephen Gapps, Mina Murray and Henry Reynolds and The Cross Thieves by Alan Fyfe.
ICYMI this week's reviews:
Braham Dabscheck on Rachel Perkins, Stephen Gapps, Mina Murray, Henry Reynolds (eds) The Australian Wars
Paul Anderson on Alan Fyfe's new novel The Cross Thieves
Find them both at newtownreviewofbooks.com.au
#AustralianAuthors
#AustralianBooks
#BookSky 💙 📚️
Image of cover of book The Cross Thieves by Alan Fyfe, reviewed by Paul Anderson in the Newtown Review of Books.
"The Cross Thieves can be read as an antic–comic, even–contemporary tale of vigilante revenge.. What Fyfe wants to do is more complex and intricately designed."
Paul Anderson reviews Alan Fyfe's new novel The Cross Thieves:
newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/alan-fyfe-th...
#AustralianAuthors
#BookSky 💙 📚
Image of covers of books The Mother is Restless and She Doesn’t Know Why by Gemma Parker and Life Drawing by Emily Lighezzolo.
ICYMI this week's reviews:
Sally Nimon on Gemma Parker's memoir The Mother is Restless and She Doesn't Know Why
Ann Skea on Emily Lighezzolo's debut novel Life Drawing
Find them both at newtownreviewofbooks.com.au
#AustralianBooks
#AustralianAuthors
#BookSky 💙 📚️
Image of covers of books Raven Mother by Jane Messer and Old Games by Fiona Hardy.
ICYMI this week’s reviews:
Sandra Hogan on Jane Messer’s family memoir Raven Mother
Karen Chisholm on Fiona Hardy’s new Alice and Teddy crime novel, Old Games
newtownreviewofbooks.com.au
@fionathehardy.bsky.social
@austcrimefiction.org
#NewBooks
#BookReviews
#AustralianAuthors
#BookSky 💙 📚️
Image of covers of books Luna Park by Helen Pitt and The Hiding Place by Kate Mildenhall.
ICYMI this week's reviews:
Ann Skea on Helen Pitt's history Luna Park
Jessica Stewart on Kate Mildenhall's latest novel The Hiding Place
Find them both at newtownreviewofbooks.com.au
#BookReviews
#AustralianAuthors
#AustralianBooks
#BookSky 💙 📚️
An unintended animal theme today. New books from Hill of Content in Naarm/Melbourne. Can’t wait to read #fionawood newest book. And Cluck is just a gloriously illustrated history of chooks. A must-have for #chooklovers
#amreading
#loveozMG
#australianauthors
#teacherlibrarians
#chickens
Image of covers of books Dirt Trap by Michael Burge and The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan.
ICYMI this week's reviews:
Karen Chisholm on MIchael Burge's new crime novel Dirt Trap
Robert Goodman on Cameron Sullivan's debut dark fantasy The Red Winter
Find them both at newtownreviewofbooks.com.au
@austcrimefiction.org
#AustralianAuthors
#CrimeFiction
#GrimdarkFantasy
#BookSky 💙 📚
Image of cover of book Dirt Trap by Michael Burge, reviewed by Karen Chisholm in the Newtown Review of Books.
"the complications of small-town interactions... sit easily within the narrative of an ongoing investigation of crimes past and present."
Karen Chisholm reviews Michael Burge's latest novel Dirt Trap:
newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/michael-burg...
@austcrimefiction.org
#AustralianAuthors
#BookSky 💙 📚
Well, I’m sad. ☹️The book I was voting for, “The Rainbow Serpent” has been knocked out of the running for #Australiasbestchildrenspicturebook. Have you voted today?
#Australianstories
#Australianauthors
#picturebooks
#amreading
www.theguardian.com/culture/ng-i...
Havecyou been voting everyday for Australia’s best #picturebook?
#australianlitersture
#australianauthors
#readaustralian
#readforyourlife
#BookSky
www.theguardian.com/culture/ng-i...
Thanks to @australianbooks.bsky.social for the shout out.
Make sure you check their site at www.australianbooklovers.com
#booksky #writing #books #australianauthors
I'm in the drop-down under Best Literary Fiction 😊
Do browse them all: find your own next great reads, and find out what the traditional press is missing 💕📚🖋
#indieauthor
#author
#writing
#Literary
#top100
#booksky
#AustralianAuthors
Image of covers of books For No Mortal Creature by Keshe Chow and A Catalogue of Love by Erin Hortle.
ICYMI this week's reviews of two new novels from Australian authors:
Amelia Dudley on Keshe Chow's dark fantasy For No Mortal Creature
Annette Hughes on Erin Hortle's second novel A Catalogue of Love
Find them at newtownreviewofbooks.com.au
#AustralianAuthors
#NewFiction
#BookReviews
#BookSky 💙 📚
Image of cover of book A Catalogue of Love by Erin Hortle, reviewed by Annette Hughes in the Newtown Review of Books.
"the exhilaration of surfing is crafted with such precision, it’s hard to believe Neika is the work of Hortle’s exceptionally vivid imagination... irresistible."
Annette Hughes reviews A Catalogue of Love:
newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/erin-hortle-...
#AustralianAuthors
#Fiction
#BookSky 💙 📚
📘 #NewRelease : LIGHT AND SHADOW by Candida Baker. When history leaves gaps, fiction steps in. A richly imagined novel tracing the scandalous life of Eadweard Muybridge & the legacy left to his granddaughter.
🔗 www.fairplaypublishing.com.au/products/lig...
#HistoricalFiction #AustralianAuthors
Image of cover of book The Transformations by Andrew Pippos, reviewed by Linda Godfrey in the Newtown Review of Books.
"Pippos offers a nuanced and insightful exploration of second-generation migrant experiences ... and the transformative impact of love."
Linda Godfrey reviews the new novel from Andrew Pippos, The Transformations:
newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/andrew-pippo...
#AustralianAuthors
#BookSky 💙 📚
Image of covers of books Mischance Creek by Garry Disher, and Broken: Universities, politics and the public good by Graeme Turner.
ICYMI this week's reviews:
Karen Chisholm on Garry Disher's latest Hirsch crime novel, MIschance Creek
Braham Dabscheck on Graeme Turner's dissection of the crisis in Australian universities, Broken
Find them at newtownreviewofbooks.com.au
@austcrimefiction.org
#AustralianAuthors
#BookSky 💙 📚
Image depicts advertisement for half day passes for the History Unbound 2025 historical novel festival on 1 & 2 November at Parramatta Town Hall.
Historical fiction fans – don’t miss this! The History Unbound festival is on 1st and 2nd Nov at Parramatta Town Hall. Hear from authors inc Anita Heiss, Natasha Lester, Fiona McIntosh, & Pip Williams.
willorganise.eventsair.com/2025-history...
#AustralianAuthors
#HistoricalFiction
#BookSky 💙 📚
So too, will Chris McIntosh 👏👏 @chrismcintosh.bsky.social
Ditto 😊
#crimewriting #AustralianAuthors
Image of cover of book A Great Act of Love by Heather Rose, reviewed by Ann Skea in the Newtown Review of Books.
"Rose weaves many stories into [the book] and strands of poetry lighten some of the darkest parts."
Ann Skea reviews Heather Rose's new novel A Great Act of Love, set in colonial-era Van Dieman's Land:
newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/heather-rose...
#AustralianAuthors
#HistoricalFiction
#BookSky 💙 📚
D'Arcy Lloyd will be there... @darcylloydauthor.bsky.social
I'm looking forward to it! 😁
#CrimeWriting #AustralianAuthors
A joyous Susan Wyndham last night at the launch of her magnificent biography Elizabeth Harrower: The Woman in the Watch Tower. A wonderful evening celebrating the book, its subject and its author.
@gleebooks.bsky.social
@newsouthpublishing.bsky.social
#AustralianAuthors
#BookSky 💙📚
socialresearch4.wixsite.com/socialresear...
#Harwich #RandolphStow #AlmaInn #Literature #Australia #AustralianAuthors #NewBlogPost
Book cover: Life In Instalments by Danielle Sartorelli
Book cover: Cobra Pose by Susan Rogers and John Roosen
Book cover: Klaria’s Battle by Heather Ewings
Book cover: Outback Odyssey by Paul Rushworth-Brown
And more book spotlights:
5. Life In Instalments by Danielle Sortorelli – memoir
6. Cobra Pose by Susan Rogers and John Roosen – thriller
7. Klaria’s Battle by Heather Ewings – Fantasy
8. Outback Odyssey by Paul Rushworth-Brown – Historical
#booksky #ReadMoreAussieBooks #AustralianAuthors #podcast
Book cover: Mistress of Amber and Flame by Maria Linwood
Book cover: Flight by Anne Vines
Book cover: Shitty Grit by Claire Parkinson
Book cover: Always eat the weird stuff by Bo Kitty
Book Spotlights this ep:
1. Mistress of Amber and Flame by Maria Linwood - fantasy
2. Flight by @Anne Vines – Historical
3. Shitty Grit by @Claire Parkinson – memoir
4. Always eat the weird stuff by @iambokitty.bsky.social Bo Kitty – memoir
#ReadMoreAussieBooks #podcasts #AustralianAuthors #BookSky
Or listen to the latest ep on any good podcasting platform.
#ReadMoreAussieBooks #WritingCommunity #AustralianAuthors #ReadingCommunity #WritingPrize
www.buzzsprout.com/1718602/episodes/17870897
You can watch the ep here and learn how to use agnosthesia, tarrion or proluctance in a sentence (thanks John Koenig).
#ReadMoreAussieBooks #WritingCommunity #AustralianAuthors #ReadingCommunity #WritingPrize
Watch here: youtu.be/1828RrRIKp8
Event floorplan. Purple background, with dark purple squares, each with an attending author name. TExt (top): Find me at the Salisbury Author Series/South Australian Author Showcase / Saturday 20th September 10am-2pm.
The floorplan is out for the South Australian Author Showcase on 20th September at The Hive Community Resource Hub at Burton, South Australia.
#LibraryEvent #bookEvent #AustralianAuthors
Image of covers of books Nightingale by Laura Elvery and They’ll Never Hold Me by Michael Adams.
ICYMI this week's reviews:
Ann Skea on Laura Elvery's debut novel Nightingale
Tom Kelly on Michael Adams' biography of Kevin John Simmonds, They'll Never Hold Me
newtownreviewofbooks.com.au
#AustralianAuthors
#BookReviews
#BookSky 💙 📚
