Hilary McKay is a modern master -- one of those authors who will absolutely never let you down. I read these delightful books in the wrong...

  I first read Chaim Potok's classic novel My Name is Asher Lev in the early 1980s when my mum was studying it for HSC. The copy that I...

  Rick Morton's first book, A Hundred Years of Dirt , was like an electric shock: a blunt, uncompromising tale of pain and struggle. His...

 I took Aoife Clifford's When We Fall away to the beach with me a couple of weekends ago, and it's perfect beach reading. It's ...

  I first discovered Penelope Lively's 1986 The House in Norham Gardens a few years ago, but I couldn't resist picking up this copy...

  A Swim in the Pond in the Rain was another title with a long waiting list at my local library. The subtitle of George Saunders' book ...

  I have anxiety. My mother has anxiety. My grandfather (almost certainly) had anxiety. One of my daughters has anxiety. But I don't thi...

  I so enjoyed Only A Monster by Vanessa Len -- maybe I'm swinging back round to liking YA again, after a fallow time? Maybe I just nee...

  Matt Haig's novel, The Midnight Library , had an absolutely ridiculous reserve queue at the library -- I think I was about number 18 w...

  I read Megan Phelps-Roper's memoir, Unfollow on the recommendation of Michelle Cooper , and it was such an interesting read. Even fro...

  Alice Pung is such an accomplished writer, she slides between memoir, non-fiction, young adult and now adult fiction with ease and grace. ...

  I'm falling behind again! It seems like ages since I finished this book. His Name Was Walter , from veteran children's writer Emil...

  I enjoyed The Psychic Tests so much! Gary Nunn began this exploration of the appeal of psychics, fortune tellers, astrologers, mediums, c...

  The Novel Project: a step-by-step guide to your novel, memoir or biography comes from a well-credentialled author: Graeme Simsion has wri...

  I've decided to gradually re-read all the books in Arthur Ransome's Swallows & Amazons series, which I adored as a child. Swa...