Sarah Gilbert’s account of this religious order offers a rare insight into the women who chose to separate themselves from ...

The new novel from the author of Dyschronia and The Airways is climate fiction focussed on human adaptability.

The new novel from the author of Tussaud imagines what might have inspired Robert Louis Stevenson to write Dr Jekyll and Mr ...

Andrew Fowler argues that the AUKUS submarine deal compromises Australia’s sovereignty and exposes the country to the danger of nuclear waste. Vassal state: a state with varying degrees of ...

RACHEL MADDOW Prequel: An American fight against fascism. Reviewed by Braham Dabscheck by NRB | 13 Feb 2024 | Non-fiction | 0 comments Rachel Maddow’s account of how Nazism gained a foothold among US ...

This diverse anthology challenges stereotypes by bringing together Autistic women and gender-diverse writers to share their experiences. In their introduction to Someone Like Me, editors Clem Bastow ...

A dementia diagnosis reveals clues to a decades-old mystery in this new novel from the author of The Secrets of Strangers – Charity Norman’s third to be shortlisted for NZ’s Ngaio Marsh Awards. In ...

A new crime novel by Garry Disher is always exciting. In Sanctuary, he introduces a new protagonist: a female lone wolf. Meet Grace. She’s a very good thief, having been taught by experts and ...

Tim Winton’s new novel dives into a post-climate-change world where violence seems the only solution. The opening of Tim Winton’s new novel Juice cannot help but put readers in mind of Cormac McCarthy ...

PHIL CRAIG 1945: The Reckoning. Reviewed by Braham Dabscheck by NRB | 3 Jun 2025 | Non-fiction | 1 comment This conclusion to Phil Craig’s Finest Hour trilogy shows how, far from marking an end to war ...

Not just astronauts and science experiments: Larry Buttrose’s stories imagine what it would be like if we had to live on Mars. One of the most memorable opening lines in fiction is Ford Maddox Ford’s ...

In John Darnielle’s new novel, a true crime writer confronts the limits of the genre. John Darnielle may be best known as the lead singer of the American indie folk rock band the Mountain Goats, but ...