A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon Bloomsbury The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon was a huge best-seller. The epic tale was told from multiple points of view in an intricate fantasy world with wyverns (smaller than dragons, with limited powers and only 2 legs as opposed to the four legs of dragons), […]
Cold People by Tom Rob Smith Simon & Schuster Gay writer Tom Rob Smith is fascinated by people who have had to migrate from their countries of origin, and his speculative fiction begins with an alien armada hovering over the earth and giving humanity 30 days to vacate to the most inhospitable place on the […]
How to be Remembered by Michael Thompson Allen & Unwin Accountant Leo Palmer and his wife Elsie were ordinary people but they had a plan, staring off with renting a one-bedroom flat in Ingleby. After saving for five years, they would move to a bigger place elsewhere with “a backyard, two bathrooms, two cars in […]
Perth Festival’s Writer’s Weekend has returned and yesterday author Holden Sheppard spoke about following up the success of his debut novel Invisible Boys with new work The Brink. Nestled within the intimate setting of Fremantle Arts Centre’s Inner Courtyard, audiences awaited in the cool, flower scented breeze for the local writer to take the stage and make things […]
You Made Me This Way by Shannon Molloy HarperCollins Warning: This review contains mentions of sexual assault. Award-winning journalist and author Shannon Molloy is best known for his debut book Fourteen, a memoir about growing up gay in regional Queensland. The critically acclaimed best seller has now been turned into a sell-out stage production and […]
A Country of Eternal Light by Paul Dalgarno Fourth Estate Margaret Bryce is the deceased mother of twin girls and, since dying in 2014, seems to be suspended in a country of eternal light. Originally referring to the North Pole in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, a country of eternal light was a place […]
The King by Christopher Andersen Gallery Books From the moment he first drew breath his fate had been pre-ordained, but it would be another 74 years before he would become King Charles III. For 42 years Christopher Andersen has written about the scandal-plagued royal family and now he writes about the life of the longest […]
The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett Viper Following the WhatsApp messages and emails, true crime writer Amanda Bailey breaks off the relationship with her latest boyfriend and agrees to write a book about an 18-year-old cold case. In December 2003, three men and two teenagers (a male and a female) attended […]
The Book of Burn Out by Bev Aisbett Harper Collins Trained Counsellor Bev Aisbett has written 17 highly regarded self-help books including Living With It: A survivor’s Guide to Panic and Anxiety and Taming the Black Dog: A guide to Overcoming Depression. Now she is taking a look at burn out – “what it is, […]
Scott-Patrick Mitchell’s book Clean has made the short-list for the 2023 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. The OUTinPerth contributor’s debut poetry collection has earned high praise since it was released by local publishing company Upswell in 2022. The long-list of nominations for the award was announced last year, but now it has been culled down ahead of the […]
