Includes short reviews of :
The Whip Hand : Stories by Mihaela Nicolescu & Nadine Browne
The Dangers of Truffle Hunting by Sunni Overend
Fearlessby Fiona Higgins
Watershed by Jane Abbott
Blueberry by Glenna Thomson
Signal Loss by Garry Disher
Slaughter Park by Barry Maitland
Red Earth by Tony Park
The Tao Deception by John M Green
A Tear in the Soul by Amanda Webster
Press Escape by Shaun Carney
Elegy by Jane Abbot
My Best Friend Is a Goddess by Tara Eglington
My Silly Mum by Monique Mulligan Illustrated by Veronica Rooke
Pig the Elf by Aaron Blabey
Home in the Rain by Bob Graham
Steve Goes to Carnival by Joshua Button and Robyn Wells
Desert Lake : The Story of Kati Thanda - Lake Eyre by Pamela Freeman & Liz Anelli
Crimes of the Father by Tom Keneally
The Locksmith's Daughter by Karen Brooks
'She's a Brisbane-based songwriter and an award-winning producer of radio documentaries, and in this memoir Linda Neil travels the world, playing music and meeting people along the way. In this extract she recalls as a teenager being given the seemingly tedious duty of reading books to a blind neighbour. But what happened next surprised both the reader and the listener.' (Publication abstract)