Book reviews of mainly modern & contemporary fiction

‘Aunts Up the Cross’ by Robin Dalton

‘Island Home: A Landscape Memoir’ by Tim Winton

The 2016 Giller Prize longlist

‘Thicker Than Water: History, Secrets and Guilt: A Memoir’ by Cal Flyn

‘Merciless Gods’ by Christos Tsiolkas

‘Goodbye Sweetheart’ by Marion Halligan

‘Walking Free’ by Dr Munjed Al Muderis (with Patrick Weaver)

A.S. Patrić wins the 2016 Miles Franklin Literary Award

‘Black Rock White City’ by A.S. Patrić

‘Salt Creek’ by Lucy Treloar

5 books for Women in Translation month

‘The Last Painting of Sara de Vos’ by Dominic Smith

‘The Mint Lawn’ by Gillian Mears

‘Leap’ by Myfanwy Jones

‘Grief is the Thing with Feathers’ by Max Porter