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AWW2013: After the Darkness by Honey Brown
Trudy and Bruce Harrison have a happy marriage, a successful business, and three teenage children. One fateful day they take the winding coastal route home, and visit the Ocean View Gallery, perched...
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AWW2013: Madness by Kate Richards
“The thing with psychosis is that when I’m sick I believe the delusional stuff to the same degree that you might know the sky is above and the earth below. And if someone were to say to me that the...
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AWW2013: My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin
This classic Australian novel was written by Miles Franklin, and details her life being born of the bush in Australia. A fantastic, well-written book with lively descriptions of a girl’s life that...
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AWW2013: And All the Stars by Andrea K Host
Madeleine Cost is working to become the youngest person ever to win the Archibald Prize for portraiture. Her elusive cousin Tyler is the perfect subject: androgynous, beautiful, and famous. All she...
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AWW2013: When We Wake by Karen Healey
My name is Tegan Oglietti, and on the last day of my first lifetime, I was so, so happy. Sixteen-year-old Tegan is just like every other girl living in 2027–she’s happiest when playing the guitar,...
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AWW2013: The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth
Dortchen Wild fell in love with Wilhelm Grimm the first time she saw him. Growing up in the small German kingdom of Hessen-Cassel in early Nineteenth century, Dortchen Wild is irresistibly drawn to...
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AWW2013: Prickle Moon by Juliet Marillier
Prickle Moon is a collection of Juliet Marillier’s best short fiction. It contains eleven previously published stores and five new ones. Included are the Sevenwaters novella, ’Twixt Firelight and...
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AWW13: The Year of Ancient Ghosts by Kim Wilkins
The Year of Ancient Ghosts is the first collection of stories by multiple award-winning Australian writer Kim Wilkins. Born in England, Kim Wilkins is the author of over 20 novels for readers of all...
View ArticleBloodstones review
Bloodstones, the anthology which features my story, The Skin of the World, got a lovely review from Andrew J McKiernan at Thirteen O’Clock. In particular, McKiernan said this about my story (which is...
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AWW2013: Caution: Contains Small Parts by Kirstyn McDermott
In which I finally return to reading books for the AWW2013 challenge. I have been reading a lot of Australian female authors, but the books have been for the Aurealis Awards. Should there be any...
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AWW2014: The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf by Ambelin Kwaymullina
(I had decided to only post my AWW reviews on Goodreads, but have decided to cross-post here as well. Adding reviews to date.) The Reckoning destroyed civilisation. Rising from the ashes, some...
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AWW2014: The Other Tree by D.K. Mok
(I had decided to only post my AWW reviews on Goodreads, but have decided to cross-post here as well. Adding reviews to date.) It’s been four years since Chris Arlin graduated with a degree that most...
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AWW: Peacemaker by Marianne de Pierres
(I had decided to only post my AWW reviews on Goodreads, but have decided to cross-post here as well. Adding reviews to date.) When an imaginary animal from her troubled teenage years reappears,...
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AWW2014: The Swan Book by Alexis Wright
(I had decided to only post my AWW reviews on Goodreads, but have decided to cross-post here as well. Adding reviews to date.) The Swan Book is set in the future, with Aboriginals still living under...
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AWW2014: The Secret River, by Kate Grenville
In 1806, William Thornhill is an impoverished boatman struggling to feed his family. After being caught stealing wood, he is sentenced to be transported to the penal colony of New South Wales. His...
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Review: Bound, by Alan Baxter
Alex Caine is a martial artist fighting in illegal cage matches. His powerful secret weapon is an unnatural vision that allows him to see his opponents’ moves before they know their intentions...
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AWW2014: Perfections by Kirstyn McDermott
Note: I was on the judging panel for the 2012 Aurealis Awards which awarded Perfections with Best Horror Novel. Two sisters. One wish. Unimaginable consequences. Not all fairytales are for children....
View ArticleAWW14: Completed
This year for the Australian Women Writers’ Challenge I signed up at the Franklin level – read at least 10 books, reviewing at least 6. My stats for the year: Female Australian authors read: 52....
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AWW15: These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
Luxury spaceliner Icarus suddenly plummets from hyperspace into the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen survive — alone. Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe....
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Review: Cold Comfort by David McDonald
Strap yourself in as three tales from award winning speculative fiction author David McDonald take you on a tour of time and space. Visit a frozen post apocalyptic Earth, a galactic delivery...
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