Sarah Gilbert’s account of this religious order offers a rare insight into the women who chose to separate themselves from ...

The new novel from the author of Dyschronia and The Airways is climate fiction focussed on human adaptability.

RACHEL MADDOW Prequel: An American fight against fascism. Reviewed by Braham Dabscheck by NRB | 13 Feb 2024 | Non-fiction | 0 comments Rachel Maddow’s account of how Nazism gained a foothold among US ...

Emily Tsokos Purtill’s debut novel ranges across continents to tell the stories of five generations of Greek women. Sia’s quick Greek lesson: µári – máti : eye; also a small jewellery charm, usually ...

This latest offering of Australian rural noir contrasts urban and small-town sensibilities from the perspective of a child protection officer. Readers of Crows Nest will not be surprised to learn that ...

Nigel Featherstone’s second novel is a story of masculinity and modern Australia. Throwing a clock at his mother in frustration is, for Patrick in Nigel Featherstone’s latest novel, a realisation and ...

This diverse anthology challenges stereotypes by bringing together Autistic women and gender-diverse writers to share their experiences. In their introduction to Someone Like Me, editors Clem Bastow ...

Ross McMullin’s account of those who fought in World War I is a masterpiece of storytelling, weaving family, community, sporting, and military history into a satisfying whole. In previous books such ...

PHIL CRAIG 1945: The Reckoning. Reviewed by Braham Dabscheck by NRB | 3 Jun 2025 | Non-fiction | 1 comment This conclusion to Phil Craig’s Finest Hour trilogy shows how, far from marking an end to war ...

The dystopian new novel from the author of Mammoth imagines a shocking, and ongoing, tragedy to explore grief, community, and anger. Chris Flynn opens his new novel Orpheus Nine with a staggering, ...

Robert Drewe’s Ned Kelly gets under the skin. Nine years before Peter Carey published his Booker-winner The True History of the Kelly Gang, he gave a cover endorsement to Robert Drewe’s Our Sunshine, ...