Aurelia Orr
Aurelia Orr is from Readings Kids
Review — 23 Oct 2023
What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez
Set in 19th century Buenos Aires, Inez yearns for her parents, whose long travels to Egypt make her believe their love for a faraway land is greater than their love…
Review — 23 Oct 2023
West Heart Kill by Dann McDorman
It’s the 4th of July. Barbecues are sizzling, the sky is aglow with fireworks, star-spangled banners wave proudly, painting the day red, white and blue. But amid the celebrations, a…
Review — 23 Oct 2023
Hot Springs Drive by Lindsay Hunter
Hot Springs Drive is an explosive cocktail of lust, loneliness, and indulgence, all suppressed in a domestic suburban lifestyle. The tragedy occurs when the truth is unearthed.
Jackie and Theresa…
Review — 23 Oct 2023
I Hear You're Rich: Stories by Diane Williams
Diane Williams, the ‘godmother of flash fiction’, returns with a stunning collection of stories that beguile and unsettle you with their realistic charms and tragedies.
In the first story ‘Oriel?’…
Review — 25 Sep 2023
Unholy Terrors by Lyndall Clipstone
Everline Blackthorn is a sworn member of the wardens, a sect of holy warriors who protect the wall of bones surrounding the kingdom from the demons known as ‘the vespertine’…
Review — 25 Sep 2023
Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon
When real estate empress Lana Rubicon is diagnosed with brain cancer, she can think of no one but her estranged daughter, Beth, to go to for help. As her worsening…
Review — 25 Sep 2023
Green Dot by Madeleine Gray
What is it about human nature that is so enticed by the thought of chasing something we were never meant to have? Do we each have a forbidden fruit we…
Review — 25 Sep 2023
Prima Facie by Suzie Miller
Written as the novelisation of the award-winning play Prima Facie, Suzie Miller delivers a riveting and urgent story of one woman, who represents millions, and the legal system that…
Review — 1 Sep 2023
Let's Never Speak of This Again by Megan Williams
Megan Williams’ debut novel, which won the 2022 Text Prize, is an authentic, gorgeously written story about friendship, teen angst, grief, and discovering one’s identity and independence.
Abby’s life is…
Review — 1 Sep 2023
Consent Laid Bare: Sex, Entitlement & the Distortion of Desire by Chanel Contos
In 2019 when I was in high school, I saw a video of a group of schoolboys singing an anthem on the tram, chanting the words, ‘I wish that all…
