From a novel about serial killer on the prowl in Sydney, to quintessential Anne Tyler, to a work translated from the French about a strange event that takes place on a flight from Paris to New York: here’s what our Roaring Stories staff are reading this month.
Two translated novels from Japanese authors – one new, one first published over two decades ago. Here’s what our Balmain bookshop staff are reading this month.
‘We’re passionate about publishing books of beauty and substance, and it’s been thrilling (and challenging!) imagining how to bring new titles into the world.’
‘The book is about people who believed in things.’
‘Her body language became beautiful to me, how she struggled with and made certain gestures almost a dance.’
Sweep her away with an epic novel, encourage her with a new notebook, or delight her with her favourite genre.
Ever feel completely, cell-achingly exhausted, and at an utter loss why? Dr Karen Coates and Sharon Kolkka – a power duo in health and wellness – are here to help.
Author Philippa McGuinness talks with us about her fascinating and wide-ranging book on skin – which covers everything from cancer to cosmetics, racism to skin disease, sensuality to soap.
From a novel that imagines the American stage actor’s assassination of Abraham Lincoln, to a fascinating book about our most visible organ, to a prestigious literary magazine, revived after a decade: here’s what our Roaring Stories staff are reading this month.
‘With an autobiography you may struggle to choose what to include; there’s unlimited choice. And you have to be ruthless in choosing details that have meaning and aren’t just cluttering the pages. I like the rule of the classic French theatre: don’t put a chair on the stage unless someone is going to sit on it.’
