New free book on how to master life
At the age of 75 and following a varied career which included 29 years as a school PE teacher and 24 years in resort management, Bob (The Boss) Lloyd has…
Book Reviews
Words on the Waves writer’s festival waxing up some excitement
The Words on the Waves Writers’ Festival for 2023 is waxing down its boards with a flurry of announcements ahead of the big event to be held from May 29…
Words at Wagstaffe sell-out puts good writing on the wall for writers’ festival
On Saturday, March 18, an energetic crowd flocked to Words at Wagstaffe for a full day of conversations between some of Australia’s best-known journalists and public figures. This was the…
Fresh new book about women reporting from the frontline of wars to be featured locally
Melissa Roberts, who has co-edited a new book telling the stories of female reporters on the frontline of conflict, will be one of the speakers at a literary event to…
Afghan war correspondents in conversation at Gallery
Two of Australia’s most experienced war correspondents will be in conversation at Gosford Regional Gallery on Wednesday, November 23 as part of the Words on the Waves Writers Festival author…
Big month ahead for book lovers
Central Coast book lovers are in for a treat with three author book events set to take place in the region during October. Local author, Andrew Kwong, will visit Kincumber…
Book Week all about dreaming with your eyes open
Schools across the Central Coast have been getting into the spirit of Book Week with dress-up parades and other activities to celebrate Australian authors and illustrators and the joy of…
BOOK REVIEW
ROGUES: TRUE STORIES OF GRIFTERS, KILLER, REBELS AND CROOKSAuthor: Patrick Radden KeefePublisher: Picador I previously wrote a review for Patrick Radden Keefe’s book, Empire of Pain, about the Sakler family’s…
The Lost Apothecary
Author: Sarah PennerPublisher: Affirm Press Nella is an apothecary In London 1791, just as her mother was. Nella’s mother dispensed tonics, oils and elixirs to help women in all that…
Book Review: Davos Man – How the Billionaires Devoured the World
Author: Peter S Goodman – Publisher: Custom House – I heard about this book while listening to ABC radio. Peter S. Goodman is a global economics correspondent at the New…
A travel memoir with a difference
Central Coast author, Laura Maya, has spent 20 years wandering slowly through almost 60 countries after setting off from her Wyoming home at the age of 21. She has just…
Book Review – The Thursday Murder Club and The Man Who Died Twice
Author: Richard Osman – Publisher: Penguin – Special offer this week – a two for one review! I purchased these books as a pair (looks like a third one will…
Book Review – Bewilderment
Author: Richard Powers – Publisher: Penguin – From the author of Overstory (previously reviewed) comes a story about Theo, a widower who is raising his son Robin (Robbie). Theo is…
Book Review – Silverview
Author: John le Carre – Publisher: Peguin – Published posthumously, this is the 26th novel from John le Carre, a former British Intelligence officer who became a world renowned author….
Book Review – The Sentence
Author: Louise ErdrichPublisher: Corsair Tookie is an Ojibwe woman, living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is a self-described “ugly woman”, inside and out who enjoyed lying. She has also just gotten…
Book Review – Oh William!
Author: Elizabeth Strout – Publisher: Penguin – I have read a couple books by Elizabeth Strout, namely Olive Kitteridge and Olive, Again, both of which I really liked. One book…
Book Review – The Book of Form and Emptiness
Author: Ruth Ozeki Publisher: Text Publishing This is a big book! And when I say big, I mean big because it is over 500 pages. I mean big in the…
Book Review – Apples Never Fall
Author: Liane Moriarty – Publisher: Macmillan Australia – Stan and Joy Delaney have been married for almost 50 years. They worked together running a tennis school and raising their four…
Book Review – A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century
Authors: Heather Heying and Bret WinsteinPublisher: Swift Press As you can tell from my reading list, fiction is my preferred genre, however there are times I like to dabble in…
Book Review – The Blue Line Down
Author: Maris LawyerPublisher: Hub City Press The Blue Line Down is a book I chose after seeing it pop up on Kirkus Reviews (one of the sites I look at…