Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
LISA SEE is a New York Times bestselling author whose works include The Island of Sea Women and Shanghai Girls. ...
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2023-07
Cover Story
Internationally bestselling author ANNA FUNDER is back with an original and fascinating book which sheds light on the erasure of women and their contributions in history. AKINA HANSEN chatted with her about Wifedom, and the remarkable woman at the centre of her latest book, Eileen O’Shaunessey.
Eileen O’Shaunessey was a wife and mother, but more importantly, she was a person in her own right. She was a brilliant woman who studied English literature at Oxford University and later p …
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Features
Taste Test Heat by Jeff Goodell
Award-winning journalist JEFF GOODELL has been at the forefront of environmental journalism for three decades. In ...
Q&A with Mark Brandi on Southern Aurora
MARK BRANDI is a Dagger award-winning author and his new novel, Southern Aurora, has just landed. Good Reading ...
From page to small screen
In our monthly feature SAMUEL BERNARD offers an opinion on a range of literary topics. Want to join in the ...
The Drowning Girls by Veronica Lando
Good Reading dips into the first few paragraphs of new books to give you a taste of what’s to ...
Reviews
On A Bright Hillside In Paradise by Annette Higgs
Our scene is set in the Kentish Plains in north-west Tasmania in the year 1874. In the Duggan’s barn, lit by ...
The Art of Risk by Richard Harris
Do you feel the need, the need for speed? Or maybe it’s just not worth the risk. Dr Richard Harris – anaesthetist, ...
The Skull by Jon Klassen
Otilla has run away. She is running through the woods and it’s getting dark. When she comes to the edge of the ...
Cuddy by Benjamin Myers
What a glorious, if unusual, novel this is. Cuddy's structure is highly unusual, the main character is a saint, ...
Mother Earth by Libby Hathorn
Libby Hathorn has a string of books to her name, and along with those, come a multitude of awards. This latest one ...
Indigo In The Storm by Kate Gordon
In the third of Kate Gordon’s books about three young people grappling with various mental health issues, we find ...
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