Blogs in February 2024

Eyrie 14th February 2024

Eyrie is Tim Winton’s heart-stopping novel written with breath-taking tenderness. Funny, confronting, exhilarating and haunting, it asks how, in an impossibly compromised world, we can ever hope to do the right thing. Tom Keely has lost his bearings. His...

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That Eye, the Sky 14th February 2024

Tim Winton’s That Eye, the Sky is a tale about a boy’s vision of the world beyond, and the blurry distinctions between the natural and supernatural. At twelve years old, Morton – Ort for short – is not quite...

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An Open Swimmer 14th February 2024

Winner of the Australian/Vogel Award for Best First Novel, Tim Winton’s An Open Swimmer is a meditation on past and present, a story of madness and murder, and of the punishing yet redemptive qualities of both fire and water....

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Prima Facie 13th February 2024

Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. She has worked her way up from working-class origins to the top of her game: defending, cross-examining and winning.   But an unexpected event forces her to confront the patriarchal power of the...

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The Island of Mists and Miracles 11th February 2024

Sometimes the truth lies in the things you cannot see. In 1830 a young novice called Catherine Labouré was granted a vision of the Virgin Mary. Nearly 200 years later, Sister Anne is also waiting for a sign. Which...

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