Tag: Non-Fiction
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The unbreakable connections made through crazy times: interview with Markus Zusak.
Markus Zusak speaks about how to both welcome and say goodbye to our much-loved family pets.
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Three Wild Dogs and The Truth: Book Review.
“There’s nothing like having a punch-up with your dog on a crowded city street.”
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Paris A Literary Anthology: Book Review
Review by Stacey O’Carroll Editor: Zachary Seager Publisher: Pan Macmillan RRP: $22.99 Release Date: 10 September 2024 “There is a real place called Paris. You can go there, if you like.” After spending a month immersed in all this Paris while watching the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic games earlier this year, the…
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Complicit – How our culture enables misbehaving men: Book Review
Review by Stacey O’Carroll Author: Reah Bravo Publisher: Gallery Australia (Simon & Schuster) RRP: $55 Release Date: 13 November 2024 “There was not-so-fine print attached to the mantra ‘Women can do anything!’ We absolutely could—so long as we had exceptionally thick skin.” Ask any woman you know, and the chances they will have…
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Writers on Writers Series – Tim Winton, Beverley Farmer, Peter Carey and Kim Scott: Book Review
Review by Stacey O’Carroll Author: Various Publisher: Black. Inc RRP: $22.99 Release Date: Out Now Writers on Writers is an intriguing series of tiny but mighty essay books written by prominent Australian authors on an Australian author who has inspired the writing. Published by Black. Inc in association with Melbourne University and the State…
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Dinner For Vampires – Life on a cult TV show: Book Review
Review by Stacey O’Carroll Author: Bethany Joy Lenz Publisher: Simon & Schuster RRP: $34.99 Release Date: 30 October 2024 “He had only injured his hand punching holes in several of our walls and doors. A sweatshirt was really nothing.” If you are of a certain age, you will perhaps be familiar with the…
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My Apocalyptic Journey
By Zoe Sorenson Watching dystopian movies as a kid, I never really worried about what would happen if my family were separated in the event of an apocalypse—it wasn’t necessary. Let’s be real, I’m from a well-off, white Australian family from the suburbs of Melbourne. I was reasonably confident we would stick together regardless…
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#typical
By CJ Vallis Friday night just before Christmas. One beer after work at a loud Newtown pub. Just to be social. I’m keen to head home, slump on my sofa in tracksuit pants, and watch a mindless Thriller. Back to the car, I bunch keys into my fist—more out of habit than fear—mostly I’m…