A review by Nalini Haynes Ashe Davenport is the titular sad mum lady. She has childhood trauma coming to the fore while struggling with post-natal …
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A review by Annabelle Lee The Cobra Queen is the fourth book in the Pandora English series by Australian author Tara Moss. Pandora has recently …
Self Help for Babies Series: Sleep 101 and Whine Guide by Beck and Matt Stanton
A review by Emma Streeton You know babies don’t come with a manual. Well, now they do, in this self-help for babies (parents?) series. When …
Olive by Emma Gannon
A review by Emma Streeton Meet Olive. Olive is Independent. Adrift. Anxious. Loyal. Kind. Knows her own mind. Olive has decided to be child-free by …
Kokomo by Victoria Hannan
A review by Emma Streeton When Mina receives an urgent call from her best friend back in Melbourne, her world is turned upside down. Her …
My Year of Living Mindfully by Shannon Harvey
A review by Emma Streeton Preamble To be honest my usual method for reading anything non-fiction is to dip in and out and find the …
Octavia Cade
Today’s podcast guest is Octavia Cade, a New Zealand writer with a PhD in science communication and a particular interest in science history and marine …
Polar Bear in Sydney Harbour by Beck and Robin Feiner
A review by Emma Streeton “Sydney Harbour is home to many amazing things, but polar bears are not one of them. Sydney is Down Under, …
Fire Star by A L Tait
A review by Nalini Haynes Reeve is a squire. His former mistress, the Airl’s (Iord’s) wife, placed him in a vassal’s (Sir Garrick’s) household. (Everyone …
Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed (Graphic Novel)
A review by Nalini Haynes Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed is a full-color graphic novel with a substantial origin story. Diana is a teenager with all …
Marshmallow Pie The Cat Superstar by Clara Vulliamy
Marshmallow Pie The Cat Superstar, Book 1 and Marshmallow Pie The Cat Superstar on TV, Book 2 A review by Emma Streeton Marshmallow Marmaduke Vanilla-Bean …
Erasure Initiative by Lili Wilkinson
A review by Nalini Haynes Cecily wakes up on a bus in the middle of nowhere with 6 other people, all of whom have amnesia. …
Light At The End Of The Day by Eleanor Wasserberg
A review by Emma Streeton The Light at the End of the Day focuses on Alicia and her family, who flee Krakow to escape the …
Dominique Valente
Dominique Valente describes herself as “Lover of grumpy monsters, quirky dragons, magic and mad things, gardens that whisper and houses that breathe. The coffee helps. …
Wonder Woman: WW84 by Patty Jenkins and Geoff Johns
A review by Nalini Haynes Wonder Woman has been a feminist icon for over half a century. The first Wonder Woman movie with a woman director, …