Category: Literature In Review

[Book Review] ‘Tales From The Inner City’ by Shaun Tan [Allen and Unwin]
Review by Cara Lennon Shaun Tan’s Tales from the Inner City is a collection of short stories about a people ...

[Book Review] ‘Fire and Fury’ by Michael Wolff [Little, Brown; 2018]
Review by Cara Lennon Well. It’s hard to put a finger on why this book feels trashy, but it does ...

[Book Review] Lily Allen – My Thoughts Exactly [Penguin Books Australia]
Review by Jessica Conway “Wow, I guess life happened to you didn’t it?” I thought telepathically to Lily Allen upon ...

[Book Review] Michael Diamond & Adam Horovitz – ‘Beastie Boys Book’ [Faber and Faber; 2018]
Review by Cara Lennon ‘Tis the season to approach anything resembling a coffee table book with extreme prejudice. It’s a ...

[Book Review] Cedar Valley by Holly Throsby [Allen and Unwin; 2018]
Review by Cara Lennon Holly Throsby writes crime fiction. Did you guys know that? Am I the last one to ...

[Book Review] Severance by Ling Ma [Text Publishing; 2018]
Review by Cara Lennon Severance gives us the start and the end of the apocalypse simultaneously. A small band of ...

There’s No Bones in Ice Cream by Sylvain Sylvain & Dave Thompson
Review by Cara Lennon Electric blues seared the '60s like the rising sun on an inner planet. For the generation ...

The Mess We’re In by Bernard Keane
Review by Cara Lennon Y’all know the problem. The cool socialist clique finally asks you to come hang with them ...

[Book Review] Chuck Palahniuk – Adjustment Day [Jonathan Cape; 2018]
Review by Cara Lennon In 2011, the English Riots shocked the first world out of believing that violent civil disturbances ...

[Book Review] Spare and Found Parts, by Sarah Maria Griffin [Titan Books; 2018]
Review by Cara Lennon Set in a swirl of cogs, tools and mechanically augmented limbs, Spare and Found Parts could ...