Non-Fiction
Book review: You don’t have to have a dream, Tim Minchin
Three speeches made by Tim Minchin when he received honorary university degrees are collected and published as a book.
Book review: The Season, Helen Garner
Over a single footy season, Helen Garner explores the travails of the game, as well as offering an overarching look…
Book review: Mean Streak, Rick Morton
This exhaustive record of the illegal and self-serving behaviour of people in high places is as compelling as it is…
Book review: Australian Gospel: A Family Saga, Lech Blaine
Two Australian families go to war over their biological/foster offspring.
Book review: Slivers, Shards and Skerricks, Shaun Micallef
An erudite, insightful and witty collection of entertaining bits and pieces.
Book review: Why Are We Like This?, Zoe Kean
This wonderful book offers a super abundance of insights into why we are the way we are.
Book review: Squat, John SafranÂ
Australian satirist’s latest prank works better in theory than in practice.
Book review: Shapeshifting: First Nations Lyric Nonfiction, Edited by Jeanine Leane and Ellen van Neerven
A powerful collection of lyric essays reshaping storytelling to reflect First Nations culture and history.
Book review: Make It Make Sense, Lucy Blakiston and Bel Hawkins
Not so much a self-help or how-to book but a hand hold to remind you that you are not alone.
Book review: Travelling to Tomorrow, Yves Rees
The stories of pioneering Australian women who sought adventures across the Pacific a century ago.