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A baby is found and a village is changed in this moving Irish novel
Niall Williams returns to the village of Faha in this vividly evoked story about community.
- by Brian McFarlane
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We should all know this story of the documents that changed Australia
Historian and author Clare Wright has spent a decade investigating the story of petitions on bark created by the Yirrkala community in Arnhem Land in 1963.
- by Ann McGrath
What drives Germany’s neo-Nazis? This masterful novel seeks answers
Bernhard Schlink took us inside the mind of an SS guard in The Reader. His latest work explores a modern country still shadowed by the past.
- by Tom Ryan
Barbra Streisand’s blunt question was this actor’s moment of truth
Josh Brolin, stepson of the legendary singer, and son of actor James Brolin, has written a memoir about his troubled life.
- by Nathan Smith
Secrets, confessions and an autobiography that was supposed to be posthumous: Twelve new books for the new year
From a memoir by Caroline Darian, daughter of Gisèle Pelicot, to the new novel by a Miles Franklin winner, there’s plenty in store for book lovers this month.
- by Jason Steger
This portrait of depression rivals Sylvia Plath at her most powerful
Reissued to mark the 100th anniversary of Janet Frame’s birth, The Edge of The Alphabet puts inner darkness into words.
- by Jack Cameron Stanton
Elvis hijacked this musician’s most famous song. He didn’t mind
Carl Perkins worked with – and inspired – some of the greatest names in rock’n’roll. So why is his own story so unsung?
- by Michael Dwyer
Eight new books to kick off your new year reading
Our reviewers cast their eyes over new fiction and non-fiction releases.
- by Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp
This book should be required reading for every science student
Dava Sobel is one of the world’s most successful, and accessible, science writers.
- by Pat Sheil
An affectionate portrait of the late James Fairfax
The nephew of the late businessman and philanthropist pieces together James Fairfax’s life through a selection of his art collection.
- by Simon Caterson
This bold new novel holds a deep conversation with art and writers
Michelle de Kretser’s seventh novel blends genres of essay, fiction and memoir.
- by Jo Case
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