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Little Siberia by Antti Tuomainen – a black comedy thriller set in northern Finland. Translated by David Hackston. In style Little Siberia very much follows on from Antti’s last book, The Man Who Died. The comedy is black and the...
An Echo of Scandal by Laura Madeleine, novel set mainly in Tangier. Tangier is exotic. It is hot, fetid, fragrant and populated by people and their secrets, it is a city “built on stories” “In Tangiers, there is...
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, psychological suspense novel set in England. Childhood trauma – if you follow the Freudian interpretation of psychological behaviour and response – will invariably find warped and negative expression if it is not dealt...
The Process of Co-Writing Melbourne-based junior novel ‘Hijabi Girl’ by Hazel Edwards OAM Hijabi Girl is co-written by Hazel Edwards & Ozge Alkan & illustrated by Serena Geddes ‘Excellent story, lots of warmth and humour even though dealing with a...
A People’s History of Heaven by Mathangi Subramanian, novel set in Bangalore. “In Bangalore, there is always someone worse off than you” It was serendipity. I had made plans to travel to South India, arriving in Bangalore (which is...
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