Desert Island Books: Hannah Rothschild
After reading and loving House of Trelawney when it was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2016, I was delighted when its writer … Read more
Book Reviews
On Beauty Book Review – The Literary Edit
The bane of many bookworms’ lives is the ever-growing pile of books waiting to be read and the endless list of authors we know we … Read more
Transcendent Kingdom Book Review – The Literary Edit
Having worked on the Women’s Prize for Fiction before leaving London for Sydney, I’m following that prize very closely – and one that I try … Read more
Desert Island Books: Joanna Rakoff
Even as an intern at Bloomsbury Publishing – shortly after graduating – I read Joanna Rakoff’s My Salinger Year. A memoir on literary New York … Read more
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz Book Review
A little over a year ago, I was talking to someone named Jack outside of Gertrude & Alice just before hosting The Bondi Literary Salon. … Read more
Desert Island Books: Esther Freud
Without question, what I love most about my blog is the opportunities it has given me over the years. From attending a memoir writing retreat … Read more
Desert Island Books: Clay Zane
I was lucky enough to meet Clay in February. I had spent my birthday in Broughton Vale at the beautiful Milkwood Barn and on the … Read more
For One More Day by Mitch Albom Book Review
The first book I read by Mitch Albom was The Five People You Will Meet In Heaven. My memory of it is fuzzy; I think … Read more
Desert Island Books: Helen Russell
I first met Helen Russell while on vacation in Hawaii reading her book The Year of Living Danishly. An interesting and charming report about Russell’s … Read more
Stronger by Poorna Bell Book Review
Since reading Chase the Rainbow in 2018, I’ve loved Poorna’s writing. A heartbreaking story of her late husband’s suicide. I loved it so much that … Read more