Dark Deeds Down Under, Crime Thriller Anthology Review
Dark Deeds Down Under (edited by Craig Sisterson) is an anthology featuring short stories from several big names in the Aussie and Kiwi crime mystery fiction and thriller scene.
Short Stories
Alice Hoffman’s The Bookstore Sisters & Everything My Mother Taught Me, Review
The Bookstore Sisters and Everything My Mother Taught Me are two compelling short reads by bestselling author Alice Hoffman. Read my review.
Story Extract from Pushing Back by John Kinsella
Today I am excited to share with you a very enticing extract from the title story of John Kinsella’s new collection Pushing Back. Plus, thanks to publisher Transit Lounge, I have two ebook copies to giveaway to lucky readers in Australia…
Dogs With Jobs, Review: Laura Greaves’ heartwarming tales
Dogs with Jobs by Laura Greaves is a compelling collection of heartwarming tales about the special bond between canines and humans. Read on for my review. Dogs with Jobs Book Synopsis Extraordinary true stories of some of the hardest-working dogs…
Rural Dreams by Margaret Hickey, Review: Poignancy
Margaret Hickey’s Rural Dreams short story collection takes a look at life outside the big smoke, introducing us to the kind of characters you might expect in the country, as well as some you might not. Read on for our review….
The Watermill by Arnold Zable, Review: Moving stories of resilience
Arnold Zable’s The Watermill is a thought-provoking essay collection highlighting both the brutality and strength of human nature. Read on for our full review. The Watermill Book Synopsis Ranging from remote provinces in China and Cambodia to pre- and post-war Yiddish Poland, Kurdish…
THE LION’S DEN by Anthony Marra (Inheritance Collection), Review
Anthony Marra’s Lion’s Den is the third title in the Amazon Original Stories ‘Inheritance Collection’. The Lion’s Den Synopsis Exposing his father’s transgressions in a tell-all was the ethical, righteous—and profitable—thing to do. What’s left but to slink back home for…
The Butcherbird Stories by A S Patric, Review: Unsettling & moving
Eleven short fictions feature in Miles Franklin award-winning author A S Patric’s latest collection The Butcherbird Stories. The Butcherbird Stories Synopsis: Eleven stories. Each like a matchstick struck to illuminate the darkness. Evocations of place ranging from a Bangla jungle to the…
Exclusive extract from A S Patrić’s The Butcherbird Stories, “H.B.”
Today we are celebrating the release of Miles Franklin award-winning author A S Patrić’s new book The Butcherbird Stories with exclusive rights to publish (below) one of the eleven short stories within the collection.
David Cohen shares the story behind his story collection The Hunter
Today we welcome author David Cohen to share the story of how his new book The Hunter and other Stories of Men (a short story collection) came to be published. The Hunter is a collection of loosely linked ‘stories of men’, but…
THE HUNTER and Other Stories of Men by David Cohen, Book Review
The Hunter and Other Stories of Men Synopsis: Shortlisted for The Dorothy Hewett Award A property developer fears that a burgeoning ibis population will prevent the construction of a high rise apartment complex; a bus stop outside a dementia care facility in…
SEARCHING FOR AUDRINA and EARTHBOUND JOHN, Short Stories
Reviews of two short stories, Kathryn White’s Searching for Audrina and Samantha Edmond’s Earthbound John. Searching for Audrina Synopsis: Adam knows what it means to lose everything. When he was seventeen he lost his home, and his family, in one clean…
Booklover Mailbox – Beauty in Thorns, The Student & The High Places
Three distinctly different titles this fortnight – a fairytale reimagining, gritty neo-noir and an award winning short story collection. Beauty in Thorns by Kate Forsyth I am long time fan of Forsyth’s writing (Bitter Greens, The Wild Girl, The Beast’s Garden).  Beauty…
GOOD LUCK BAG & MOVING THE BIRDS by Mitsuyo Kakuta, Book Review
On the hunt for Japanese literature of a similar style to the works of Hiromi Kawakami, I found these delightful short stories (Kindle Singles) from the award-winning Mitsuyo Kakuta (English translation by Wayne P Lammers). Good Luck Bag Synopsis : From one…
Arms Race by Nic Low & Forgetting English by Midge Raymond reviewed
The holiday season has been the perfect opportunity for me to read a couple of short story collections that I’ve had on my wish list for ages, Nic Low’s Arms Race and Midge Raymond’s Forgetting English. Arms Race, and Other…
WISDOM TREE a collection of 5 novellas by Nick Earls, Review
Wisdom Tree, a collection of 5 novellas from Australian author Nick Earls, published by Inkerman & Blunt. One of our dozen Top Aussie Reads of 2016 Gotham (Wisdom Tree, Book 1) Synopsis: Bloomingdales, Na$ti Boy, his mother’s purse, the drugs sex and rock…
