'Paradise Estate is a very particular slice of life as well as an on-point state-of-the-nation novel ... [possessing] a plausible fighting spirit, a punkish do-it-yourself ethos.'
Paul Anderson reviews Max Easton's Paradise Estate:
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Giramondo Publishing #auslit

'The Sullivan family feels like a loving unit .. Yet right from the outset, Rachel’s uneasy ... a chilling, all-too-believable scenario ...'
Karen Chisholm reviews BM Carroll's latest novel One of Us is Missing.
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Affirm Press #CrimeFiction

'The Sullivan family feels like a loving unit .. [but] within the family there are the sorts of tensions ... a chilling, all-too-believable scenario ...'
Karen Chisholm reviews BM Carroll's latest novel One of Us is Missing:
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Affirm Press #CrimeFiction

Lovely email from someone who read my NewtownReviewofBooks review of Robyn Davidson's memoir.
I still don't know why other reviewers/interviewers didn't mention sister's bullying, when it had such an impact on Robyn's life.
(Lots of interest in my upcoming book My Father's Suitcase

'One year, six characters – that’s a lot of novel – and it’s one stuffed to the brim... It’s possible to live vicariously through characters as well-rounded and indomitable as Rocco and Sunny'
Paul Anderson on Max Easton's Paradise Estate:
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Giramondo Publishing

NewtownReviewofBooks Bloomsbury Australia Thank you -- I very much appreciate this! Makes me miss Sydney.

There's another terrific #bookgiveaway going on at NewtownReviewofBooks today - but be quick, entries close midnight TONIGHT 6 Dec:
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Check out the #bookgiveaways going on NewtownReviewofBooks this week! First one closes midnight TONIGHT 4 Dec. Details and how to enter:
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How to get #NewtownBooks to #review #australianchildrensbooks pioneer #ElisabethMacIntyre ’s #justpublished #memoir ? Asking for a friend. #Auswrites #Australiareads

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'The Year My Family Unravelled is the story of a disappearing father and a daughter who longs to be seen and heard... beautifully written... one of those rare books you don’t want to put down'
Grateful to NewtownReviewofBooks and Mary Garden for this wonderful review of my debut memoir

Thank you NewtownReviewofBooks for this insightful cracker of a review!
Remember Me is this year's choice for NZ's annual national bookclub #TogetherWeRead - until 11/10 anyone can get the ebook or audio free using Libby, by OverDrive at your local library. There's still time.

ICYMI this week's reviews:
Tom Patterson on Rory Stewart's memoir of 10 years as a British MP, Politics on the Edge:
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#UKpolitics
Ann Skea on Kevin Jared Hosein's novel of 1940s Trinidad, Hungry Ghosts:
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@BloomsburyPublishing #histfic

Thank you Mary and NewtownReviewofBooks!

Loving all the Aussie reviews coming in. Thank you NewtownReviewofBooks

‘A haunting story that is raw and primal while retaining an enjoyable pulpish allure.’ ⁦
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This thoughtful take on my new crime novel ORPHAN ROAD in ⁦the NewtownReviewofBooks is one the best reviews I’ve ever had for my crime fiction.
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Leah Kaminsky NewtownReviewofBooks 😀

Martin Shaw @ShawLiterary I didn't realise you took on Sue Orr Sue Orr
and Loop Tracks which I reviewed for NewtownReviewofBooks
Bloody brilliant book. And best author photo I've ever seen (on back of book). Maybe NZ ed

@Michael_Jongen NewtownReviewofBooks i shopped at Ned Kelly Books. Which makes me feel incredibly olde