by Sue Reid | Feb 15, 2024 | Book Reviews
“The suspense will drive you through the pages – unable to put it down until you have a resolution…” With a dark, moody, edgy tone The Search Party tricks the mind as to which characters are masking a darker intent or motive. Five old friends...
by Sue Reid | Feb 14, 2024 | Book Reviews
“A celebration of the simplicity of a friendship and the balm it can be in the face of heartache and betrayal…” Set beneath the Great Western Tiers of Tasmania, this intersecting story flows between 1953 and modern day. Folk magazine writer Allira...
by Sue Reid | Jan 31, 2024 | Book Reviews
“Powerful, raw and confronting, The Storm We Made exposes betrayals that are driven by ideals and the indigenous victims of power play in Malaya 1935-1945…” Born and raised in Malaysia, author Vanessa Chan draws from her direct family history and...
by Sue Reid | Nov 23, 2023 | Book Reviews
Artist, illustrator and storyteller extraordinaire Donovan Bixley has earned the title of one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s best with his range of children’s books. His art is distinct, clear and colourful and his newest tale in the ‘spot-me’ Looky...
by Sue Reid | Nov 23, 2023 | Book Reviews
Educational fact-books have never been so fun with Dave Gunson’s combination of info-text and a vast variety of illustrations. A complete and comprehensive range of chapters from formation and Maori tribal lands through to settlement and the how Aotearoa New...
by Sue Reid | Nov 20, 2023 | Book Reviews
Drawing from her own medical knowledge as a doctor, Joanna Nell always brings humour, reflective thoughts and positive ageing themes – I have read all of her books and she’s never missed a beat. Dr and Dr Winterbottom have lived their married lives...
