book reviews

(Hogarth) It took Kiran Desai nearly 20 years to write her new novel, The Loneliness of Sonia and…

Monday, 29 September 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Literary organisation Stella has announced the evening program for its Stella…

Monday, 29 September 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Bakers Lane Books has acquired world rights to Don’t Forget to…

Welcome to the ABC Arts wrap of the best books out in September. This month, our book-loving critics…

The prequel to the TV show Outlander, Outlander: Blood of My Blood, premiered recently, so I must talk…

Tuesday, 23 September 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Best known for her cookbooks, Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s debut picture book,…

Tuesday, 23 September 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to…

Monday, 22 September 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Hachette Australia has acquired The Shadows that Listen, a debut dystopian…

New Arcana (Bloodaxe £12) is Jessica Traynor’s striking, ambitious elegy for an old school friend who died by…

Friday, 19 September 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Top 10 bestsellers Wild Card (Elsie Silver, Piatkus) The Secret of…

Friday, 19 September 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Readers of fiction and poetry will be keen to learn what’s…

It’s uncanny to drive by fictional crime scenes on my way to work. I have always wondered what…

‘The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny’ is a terrific, tangled love story