Reviewing Books for SMSA
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We would like to invite all SMSA members to submit book reviews for inclusion on our website. Book reviews are a great way to let…
These are the short and concise reviews left by members when they return books to the library. They provide quick feedback on their reading experience….
Gillian McAllister’s ingenious crime thriller, Wrong Place, Wrong Time, has a new angle on time travel mysteries. Her main protagonist is Jen, a successful practising…
Never underestimate a tea lady! Someone suggests that there’s nothing to fear from a tea lady. Betty’s reply? ‘Don’t be too sure of that.’ How…
I cannot deny, I am a huge fan of this series. At twenty-six installments, McCall Smith still doesn’t fail to deliver yet another heart-warming tale…
The epigraph that Stedman quotes hints at what this book has in store for the reader: ‘Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and righting, there is…
Books were the floor under her feet, the roof over her head and the freedom in her heart. I have read a number of Kate…
Since the runaway success of her first book, Monkey Grip, published in 1977, Helen Garner has steadily established herself as one of Australia’s most honoured…
Inga Simpson is a successful Australian writer who has published several books in a range of genres and has mentored many aspiring writers in the…
Broke Road is the second crime fiction novel by Australian writer Matthew Spencer, who was a journalist for more than 20 years before his first…
The late Kerry Greenwood wrote over 50 books, of which the best known are those in her acclaimed series of 23 mystery novels featuring the…
The Valley by Chris Hammer is a good example of how sophisticated Australian crime writing has become in recent years. The novel is set in…