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2025-05

Taste Tester – The Secret Life of Zara Holt by Kimberley Freeman

Good Reading dips into the first few paragraphs of new books to give you a taste of what’s to come.     ABOUT ...

Jessica Townsend’s fourth book in the ‘Nevermoor’ series, Silverborn

JESSICA TOWNSEND lives on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland with her dogs, Vivien and Rik. She is the author of the ...

Kate Grenville on Unsettled – A Journey Through Time and Place

KATE GRENVILLE has used the title, Unsettled, for an account of a highly personal road trip. She brings to it a ...

Latest Reviews

I am Nannertgarrook by Tasma Walton

I was immediately taken by the exquisite writing of this story. Poetic, lyrical and whimsical, it transported me ...
I am Nannertgarrook by Tasma Walton

33 Place Brugmann by Alice Austen

33 Place Brugmann is a place familiar to Alice, as she has stayed in the building and got to know some of the ...
33 Place Brugmann by Alice Austen

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

Sybil Van Antwerp is 73 years old, retired, divorced and lives in Annapolis, Maryland, USA. She writes and ...
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

Nightshade by Michael Connelly

For almost 40 years, Michael Connelly has shown readers the grit and grime behind the glamorous veneer of the City ...
Nightshade by Michael Connelly

Good Reading Podcast

Good Reading Podcast

Erna Walraven on her memoir about zoo-keeping and feminism, ‘Hear Me Roar’

Erna Walraven on her memoir about zoo-keeping and feminism, ‘Hear Me Roar’

Jessica Townsend on the fourth book in her Nevermoor series, ‘Silverborn The Mystery of Morrigan Crow’

Jessica Townsend on the fourth book in her Nevermoor series, ‘Silverborn The Mystery of Morrigan Crow’

Raina MacIntyre on science, reason and the threat to 200 years of progress in ‘Vaccine Nation’

Raina MacIntyre on science, reason and the threat to 200 years of progress in ‘Vaccine Nation’

Dianne Wolfer and Erica Wagner on the retelling of an Australian classic in ‘The Colt From Old Regret’

Dianne Wolfer and Erica Wagner on the retelling of an Australian classic in ‘The Colt From Old Regret’

Book Briefs

A stage production of George Orwell’s 1984 is coming to the The Joan, Penrith

A stage production of George Orwell’s 1984 is coming to the The Joan, Penrith

To mark the 76th anniversary of George Orwell’s 1984, Shake & Stir Theatre Co’s acclaimed stage adaptation ...
New Trent Dalton Coming

New Trent Dalton Coming

Australia's bestselling author, Trent Dalton, has a new novel coming out in October 2025 called Gravity Let Me ...
2025 Australian Book Industry Award Winners

2025 Australian Book Industry Award Winners

The much-anticipated 2025 Australian Book Industry Awards were announced in Melbourne. Featuring some of the ...
James win Pulitzer Prize for fiction

James win Pulitzer Prize for fiction

Columbia University has announced the 2025 Pulitzer Prizes, awarded on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize ...
Looking for Alibrandi returns to the stage at Riverside Theatres Parramatta

Looking for Alibrandi returns to the stage at Riverside Theatres Parramatta

The beloved Australian classic novel and film Looking for Alibrandi is returning to the stage at at Riverside ...

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