Archives for Australian Authors
A Good Life – A story about art, love, loss and redemption
Another great read from Leanne Lovegrove! A two million dollar mistake. Unemployed and afraid she flees to her eccentric old aunt, a noted artist living in a ramshackle cottage in secluded rural hinterland. Life has never seemed more ; Brodie Quade is her aunt’s protégé. Born and raised in the…
The Countess From Kirribilli – An intriguing life story of an extraordinary woman
Duffy's recommended lockdown read! She was Australian born, an international bestselling author and a member of the glamorous literary, intellectual and society salons of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century London and EuropeShe was 'amused, cynical, ironic, loving, gay, ferocious, cold, ardent but never gentle'. She was a whirlwind. She created…
The Others – Another 5-star read from Mark Brandi
Duffy's recommended lockdown read! From the bestselling author of WIMMERA and THE RIP comes The Others, an unforgettable novel that explores the darkness in our world with the light only a child can find. I heard voices talking last night. I've never heard my father talk to someone else. Not…
Body Of Stars – The new Handmaid’s Tale?
Body of Stars. Vox meets The Immortalists in this bold and dazzling exploration of fate and female agency in a world where women own the future but not their own bodies. 'We have a new The Handmaid's an exciting new literary voice with a dazzling imagination' EMMA KENNEDYNo future, dear reader, can break a…
Love In A Sunburnt Land – An anthology of Australian romance
Love In A Sunburnt Land was inspired by the poem by Dorothea MacKellar, My Country. Each author took a line (with permission) from the poem and based their story setting around that. For example, I am sweeping plains and that became the setting for my story. It was such a…
The Bush Fire Book – Guest Review By Mr B!
I have always been a jogger. On average I reckon I have gone for a jog most weeks…….for the last 35 years…….. Now you might think that puts me into Forrest Gump territory, but then I read about this guy: I am not fanatical about it. I think it helps…
The Cubs Roar – The final book in the Plantagenet series
Eleanor of Aquitaine has disappeared. After launching a great rebellion to destroy her husband Henry II’s reign, it seems she has abandoned her sons in the struggle against their formidable father. As treachery radiates from Scotland to the Pyrenees, tension between the kings of France and England erupts into war.…
Book Review – The Mother Fault
"An Australian dystopian novel with themes that hit very close to home" - Duffythewriter Mim’s husband is missing. No one knows where Ben is, but everyone wants to find him – especially The Department. And they should know, the all-seeing government body has fitted the entire population with a universal…
The First Time He Hit Her by Heidi Lemon
For readers of true crime and books such as See What You Made Me Do, a shocking and movingly told portrait of the murder of suburban mum Tara Costigan and an examination of why domestic violence affects us all A triggering read. Tara Costigan was the woman next door. A hard…
In The Time Of Foxes – A stunning collection of tales
‘A fox could be a shape-shifter, a spirit being. It could appear in human form if this suited its purposes; it could come and go as it pleased, play tricks, lead men astray.’ 'Each of these stories is a whole new world of experience and meaning, and to read them…