Book reviews of mainly modern & contemporary fiction

‘The Girl with Seven Names: Escape from North Korea’ by Hyeonseo Lee (with David John)

‘Mr Phillips’ by John Lanchester

‘The Secrets in Silence’ by Nicole Trope

‘The Lone Woman’ by Bernardo Atxaga

‘Lie With Me’ by Sabine Durrant

‘Echoland’ by Per Petterson

‘The Shepherd’s Hut’ by Tim Winton

‘Taboo’ by Kim Scott

‘Fairyland’ by Sumner Locke Elliott

The 2018 Miles Franklin Literary Award shortlist

‘A Long Way from Home’ by Peter Carey

‘Storyland’ by Catherine McKinnon

‘The Well’ by Elizabeth Jolley

‘Good Me Bad Me’ by Ali Land

‘When Breath Becomes Air’ by Paul Kalanithi

‘Pieces of a Girl’ by Charlotte Wood

20 books of summer — 2018 edition

‘Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen’ by Mary Norris

The 2018 Miles Franklin Literary Award longlist

‘The End We Start From’ by Megan Hunter