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  How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House  by Cherie Jones Tinder Press Pp. 308 The title refers to a cautionary tale parents tell their...

The Secrets of Strangers  by Charity Norman Allen & Unwin Pp. 334 Published in 2020, this fast-paced action novel about five strangers h...

Following on from last week's Friday Five , here are the rest of the questions from the Autumn Arts section of the quiz, with answers at...

We had a party to celebrate the autumn equinox, for which I wrote a quiz. One round was called 'Autumn Arts' in which I described a ...

Stanley and Elsie  by Nicola Upson Duckworth Pp. 364 Never read about your heroes. Sir Stanley Spencer may have been a brilliant and talente...

The Orchardist's Daughter  by Karen Viggers Allen & Unwin Pp. 389 I’m starting to think that every Australian novel has ...

Street art by @hijackart There are posts doing the rounds on social media of how this enforced isolation might be good for some of us. ...

Happy New Year everybody. So, did you make any New Year resolutions? That's what my sister asked when she phoned me this morning. I don...