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  • “The Wedding Party” by Rebecca Heath

    It is an irredeemable and sobering fact that those who have loved somebody will be engulfed in, and forever changed by, grief when that loved one passes away. For thousands of years, humankind has grieved the loss of each other… Continue reading

    “The Wedding Party” by Rebecca Heath
  • “The Bad Bridesmaid” by Rachael Johns

    Whoever in this life has had the veritable good fortune to read Emily Bronte’s gut wrenching, yet ethereally sublime, novel, Wuthering Heights, has surely been sprinkled with a liberal dose of fairy dust. We “Wuthering Heights” aficionados will easily recall… Continue reading

    “The Bad Bridesmaid” by Rachael Johns
  • “Midnight and Blue” by Ian Rankin

    Prisons (no matter where they exist in this turbulent world) are veritable rabbit warrens of despair, misery and metaphorical darkness. Hope is a tenuous commodity in such bleak receptacles and positivity amongst inmates is an outplayed commodity often.  It is… Continue reading

    “Midnight and Blue” by Ian Rankin
  • “The Miller Women” By Kelli Hawkins

    Australian country towns are often harbourers of secrets. Some long-held. Some recent. And when they come out (if they do come out) the results are like dynamite blasting and ricocheting endlessly throughout the town.  Such truths are forensically examined in… Continue reading

    “The Miller Women” By Kelli Hawkins
  • “The Last Trace” By Petronella McGovern

    January 22, 2025 Memory (defined definitively and resolutely as “the ability to recall information that you have learned” and further as “a vital human process that involves encoding, storing and retrieving information”) can be a fickle beast. What if this… Continue reading

    “The Last Trace” By Petronella McGovern
  • “Meet Ella” By James Middleton

    “Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one is a life diminished. These sage and almost divinely inspired words of American author, Dean Koontz (born 1945), vehemently reverberate with ardent dog-lovers throughout the world. We doggie owners… Continue reading

    “Meet Ella” By James Middleton
  • “The Ledge” By Christian White

    For those of us blessed enough to have grown up in Australia, who could not reverentially recall lazy and sometimes idle summer days, where time seemed to alternately stand still and then speed up on a whim? Summers that felt… Continue reading

    “The Ledge” By Christian White
  • “All The Colours Of The Dark” By Chris Whitaker

    One can only imagine the abject shock and fear (quietly and stealthily morphing into terror and bewilderment) that permeates the very soul and being of family and friends when their loved ones go missing. These are not uncommon occurrences and… Continue reading

    “All The Colours Of The Dark” By Chris Whitaker
  • “Wallaby Lane” By Maya Linnell

    Who doesn’t love a good rural romance set in a picture-perfect Australian country town? We know there will be sublime scenery, colourful characters and hopefully a ‘happy ever after’ for our leading lady and country gentleman. Yet we know the… Continue reading

    “Wallaby Lane” By Maya Linnell
  • “Audrey” Directed By Queenslander – Natalie Bailey

    Australian movies always superbly shine a light on we Antipodean folk and our highly unique quirks and mannerisms. And Australian comedy movies amplify our nuanced behaviours a million times more. Exhibiting a microcosm of lives which we Australians live to… Continue reading

    “Audrey” Directed By Queenslander – Natalie Bailey