Charles Lambert’s The Children’s Home (Scribner, Jan. 2016) is a strange and curious tale of family secrets, redemption and what […]
Category Archive: Literature / General Fiction
A good ghost story is hard to find, and a truly chilling contemporary ghost story near impossible. Ironically, […]
It’s been an incredible year for fiction. For every book I’ve read, I’ve added another five to my […]
…The stories that grow up around a king are strong vines with a fierce grip. They pull life […]
What are your best and worst qualities? It’s the kind of naff question asked in job interviews, team […]
The Life and Death of Sophie Stark (Hachette Australia, Nov. 2015) is a story of enchantment, illusion and compulsion that asks: what […]
October was a big month for exciting releases and I found two of my absolute favourite reads for […]
Margot McGovern reviews Virginia Reeves’ debut historical novel, Work Like Any Other (Scribner, March 2016). Roscoe Martin has electricity in […]
Margot McGovern reviews Charlotte Wood’s unnerving tale of women held hostage, The Natural Way of Things (Allen & Unwin, Oct. 2015). ‘I need […]
Margot McGovern reviews Claire Vaye Watkins’ sublime tale of faith, dreams and disillusionment, Gold Fame Citrus. From space it seems […]
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