The Dressmaker by Rosalie Ham
The Dressmaker by Rosalie Ham tells the tale of a talented seamstress, returning home to her small town after years away with salacious and scandelous…
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Listen Again: Hugh Mackay
We were joined at the SMSA by Hugh Mackay, experienced social psychologist and bestselling author in conversation with Catherine du Peloux Menagé, Artistic Director…
Listen Again: John Brogden Author Talk
This October we were joined at the SMSA by John Brogden, the Honorary President of LifeLine International, to talk about his newly released book…
Our Souls At Night by Kent Haruf
Our Souls At Night by Kent Haruf is a beautiful story of two widowers and the comfort they find in one another, despite small town…
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
What a strange little book Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata is! How to best describe it? Keiko is 36 years old, and has worked all…
Belgravia by Julian Fellowes
Belgravia by Downton Abbey author, Julian Fellowes, is a classic English novel of love, loss and aristocracy, in the backdrop of a war.
The Library at Night by Alberto Manguel
Alberto Manguel’s The Library at Night, first published in 2006, is a collection of fifteen essay-like chapters, each celebrating a particular library-related theme and, in…
2023 Year In Review: SMSA’s Top 10 Books
Have you managed to read all of SMSA’s most popular books? Discover our Top 10 most borrowed titles for 2023, in our Year in Review…
2023 Year In Review: SMSA’s Top 10 Mysteries
Mystery & Crime lovers abound at SMSA, so we have highlighted the top books from that genre this year. Which have you read? We hope…
All The Broken Places by John Boyne
When does guilt by association end? In this heart-wrenching sequel to The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, 91 year old Gretel Fernsby has been running…
Shanghai Grand by Taras Grescoe
Shanghai Grand by Taras Grescoe traces the city and lives of the predominant Europeans settled there from the early 1930’s to the present day.
Ladies in Black by Madeleine St John
This 2018 re-release of Ladies in Black by Madeleine St John commences with a gently humorous introduction by Bruce Beresford,