Arnold Zable's The Watermill is a thought-provoking essay collection highlighting both the brutality and strength of human nature. The Watermill Synopsis Ranging from remote provinces in China and Cambodia to pre- and post-war Yiddish Poland, Kurdish Iraq and Iran, and Indigenous and present-day … [Read more...]
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 a humbling face-to-face … [Read more...]
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 deep, … [Read more...]
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. … [Read more...]
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 I didn’t write them with that idea in mind. In fact, the stories … [Read more...]
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 Düsseldorf suffers its own identity … [Read more...]
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 sweep. Now an adult, he has two goals. To … [Read more...]
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 [ Available for pre-order Book Depository | Amazon | Bookworld(Aus) ] I am long time fan of Forsyth's writing (Bitter Greens, … [Read more...]