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Book Review: The Life Experiment by Jess Kitching
Author Jess Kitching might be from England (I mean, she is) BUT we’re 100% claiming her as a local Canberra writer these days and when her new novel The Life Experiment was announced it was straight to the top of my tbr. Read on below for my thoughts! What is Jess Kitching’s The…
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Book Review: Cockatoo Cove by Maya Linnell
I’ve talked here plenty of times about how much I enjoy Maya Linnell‘s writing – her rural romance novels are the perfect blend of sweet and serious, and come with such a feeling of familiarity and nostalgia that make them a perfect comfort read for me. So it probably comes as no surprise at…
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New books to look out for… June 2025
June is looking like a wild good month for new books here in Australia – perfect timing as we hunker down and cosy up for winter. Here are three brand new Aussie novels hitting shelves in the first week of June that I’m super excited to read. Cockatoo Cove by Maya Linnell Maggie…
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Author chat: Summer reading & writing with Camille Booker
In January I had the pleasure of (virtually) chatting with a few Aussie writers about their summer reading and writing plans. Somehow the weeks have whizzed past without me sharing more than my first chat with lovely Laura Irvine, which you can see here. As we move into March and wave goodbye to…
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New books to look out for… The Woman in the Waves by Camille Booker
Early 2025 is the season of the mermaid in Aussie literature and one of the books I’m really looking forward to is Camille Booker’s The Woman in the Waves. Camille is a new to me author, and this novel just sounds so good. I love historical fiction, and the twist on this, along with…
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New books to look out for… The Crimson Road by A.G. Slatter
You might know that I adore A.G. Slatter’s writing, so it will come as no surprise that one of my most anticipated books for 2025 is her next gothic fantasy novel The Crimson Road, which comes out from Titan Books (New South Books here in Australia) in February. I touched a tiny bit…
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Author Chat: Summer reading & writing with Laura Irvine
One of the things I love about summer is the way that the longer days and lightened load of school and extra-curricular responsibilities lends itself to a slower pace and more time to sink into some of the books I’ve been hoarding during the year. I know I’m not alone in loving a…
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New books to look out for… Prince of Fortune by Lisa Tirreno
I love Australian YA novels and the start of a new year always feels exciting because there are so many new releases just waiting to hit the shelves and get into our eyeballs. One of the first #LoveOzYA titles I’ve got my eye on in 2025 is Lisa Tirreno‘s debut novel Prince of…
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Bookish Challenges to get you Reading More in 2025
I’m not really one for New Year’s resolutions, but let me tell you I love a good reading challenge at the start of a new year! I love using reading challenges to inspire me to read more and read broadly throughout the year. I thought I’d pop in to quickly share some of…
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5-star favourites: My best reads of 2024
I had such a good reading year in 2024. I feel like I read across my favourite genres and managed to get a bit of a mix of new and backlist, as well as books for review and other random reads I was interested in. I also did a bit of re-reading, which…
