by Dave Bradley | Apr 25, 2018 | Books, Reviews
S.J. Morden (Hachette Australia) 2018, 330pp, RRP $29.99 Dr. S.J. Morden a.k.a. Simon Morden is an award-winning author and a bona fide boffin with a degree in Geology, a PhD in Geophysics and a background in teaching and design, and this all adds to the scientific...
by Dave Bradley | Apr 25, 2018 | Books, Reviews
Clare Mackintosh (Hachette Australia) 2018, 390pp, RRP $29.99 North-Wales-based author Mackintosh’s first two novels I Let You Go and I See You demonstrated a knack for paranoid psychological drama and coolly twisty plots, and her latest epic is no different, although...
by Dave Bradley | Apr 25, 2018 | Books, Reviews
Karen Hamilton (Hachette Australia) 2018, 357pp, RRP $29.99 The Hampshire-residing Hamilton’s first novel is a study of obsession, only unlike a Fatal Attraction, for example, this is actually told from the perspective of the obsessed woman herself, and as she...
by Dave Bradley | Apr 25, 2018 | Books, Reviews
Carmen Maria Machado (Profile) 2018, 243pp, RRP $24.99 Machado has somewhat defied description for some time now, with her writing straddling horror, sci-fi, psychodrama, women’s erotica and ‘queer’ genres, and this collection of short stories includes examples of all...
by Adrian Miller | Apr 20, 2018 | Interviews, Music
by Adrian Miller. Local duo The Seadragons are releasing a new single, 24th Of April, in time to commemorate this year’s ANZAC Day. We speak to Steve Jones and Corey Stewart, the Adelaide songwriters behind this new release, and ask about the inspiration for the song....