by Dave Bradley | May 6, 2022 | Book, Books, Reviews
Claire Kohda (Hachette Australia: Virago) 2022, 248pp, RRP $39.99 (hardback); $29.99 (paperback) Kohda’s début novel is a distinctive, if peculiar, tale of a modern vampire, and yet this isn’t a horror story but, instead, a strange combination of Dracula (with deeply...
by Dave Bradley | Mar 9, 2022 | Books, Reviews
Ali Lowe (Hachette Australia: Hodder & Stoughton) 2022, 356pp, RRP $32.99 (paperback) Former London journalist and now Sydneysider Lowe’s first novel is a sometimes bitingly funny character piece, hinging upon a major event that can’t really be described without...
by Dave Bradley | Mar 9, 2022 | Books, Reviews
Sarah Bonner (Hachette Australia: Hodder Studio) 2022, 329pp, RRP $32.99 (paperback); $45.00 (hardback); $15.99 (e-book) English accountant-turned-author Sarah Bonner’s first novel might seem to be built upon one of the mightiest of horror/thriller clichés – the...
by Dave Bradley | Dec 26, 2021 | Book, Books, Reviews
Brian Cox (Hachette Australia) 2021, 374pp, RRP $34.99 (paperback) Brian Cox (the Scottish character actor, not the star Manchester physicist) here discusses his life in movies, on TV and, mostly, on the stage, and although he has many tales to tell he also feels the...
by Dave Bradley | Dec 26, 2021 | Book, Books, Reviews
Emily Ratajkowski (Hachette Australia) 2021, 239pp, RRP $32.99 (paperback) Model, actress and veteran of Robin Thicke’s now-infamous Blurred Lines video (available in ‘clothed’ and ‘nude’ versions) turns writer with this non-chronological series of autobiographical...