Australia

The Three Brothers: When George Washington and Edmund Barton Sat Down to Dinner

The Three Brothers: When George Washington and Edmund Barton Sat Down to Dinner, by Stephen Marantelli, imagines a long dinnertime…

4 years ago

The Ship of Brides

I first read Jojo Moyes' The Ship of Brides in Beijing, in fact, I have a paperback copy with a 100RMB…

5 years ago

The Other Wife

Juliet Bell's The Other Wife reimagines the classic Jane Eyre in the Australian outback. The story of Betty, Rochester's first wife,…

6 years ago

Big Little Lies

Big Little Lies was a one-day read for me, but then again I was on a plane for eighteenish hours,…

6 years ago

Kitchen Chinese

I was pretty much hooked on Kitchen Chinese by Ann Mah as soon as the protagonist explains she only knows…

7 years ago

Dangerous Crossing

Class boundaries disappear and secrets slip out on a long, hot journey from England to Australia in Rachel Rhys' Dangerous Crossing.…

7 years ago

The Swan Book

The Swan Book by Alexis Wright is not an easy read. The narration bounces between characters' minds, omniscient but still…

8 years ago