The Girl on the Page, by John Purcell, is a highly entertaining, brilliantly written novel about the clash between popular fiction and literary fiction; 20th century and 21st century feminism; wisdom and youth. Amy is a twenty-something publisher and co-writer of the successful Jack Cade blockbuster franchise. She’s made squillions of dollars and has no […]
contemporary fiction
The Dinner List, Netflix and The Ship – Story Addict Podcast
This week on the Story Addict podcast I’m chatting about The Dinner List, by Rebecca Serle – an enjoyable, light contemporary novel involving living and dead people at a dinner party while the host tries to work through her issues with her ex-boyfriend and estranged father. All helped along by Audrey Hepburn, of course. Plus […]
How To Be Perfect, rural idealism and time travel – Story Addict Podcast
In this episode of Story Addict I have TWO new releases for you plus one of my all-time favourite speculative fiction novels, The Time Traveller’s Wife. Plus I’ll discuss the question everyone seems to be asking at the moment – have our kids forgotten how to read ‘properly’? Listen to Season 1, Episode 2 Listen here […]
Book review: How To Be Perfect, by Holly Wainwright
Holly Wainwright is a natural storyteller and she’s back with another rollicking good read, How To Be Perfect. Just like her first novel, The Mummy Bloggers, it’s packed with perceptive insights into parenting, hilarious observations on modern life and more than a few heart-in-mouth moments. It’s the perfect book to read when you want something light, familiar […]
Book review: Ghosted, by Rosie Walsh
Ghosted, by Rosie Walsh, is one of those rare gems of a book that is set in the modern world, involves a love story about two people over the age of 30 and is brilliantly written. It also comes with a killer twist. ‘Ghosted’ is a term that has been coined in recent years for […]
Book review: You Wish, by Lia Weston
What if you could erase your ex from your history entirely? What if you could go back and change that hideous choice of wedding dress you made 30 years ago? Or watch your deceased child grow into adulthood, picture by picture? You wish. Enter IF, the Melbourne-based creative team, headed by Tom Lash, which can […]