Set in Singapore, Jared Poon’s first novel is fantasy fiction that asks whether our brains only register what we want to see ...

Barry Nicholls turns in a masterly review of the 1972 Ashes series, arguing that Australia’s tour of England reflected ...

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Australian Keshe Chow’s award-winning debut The Girl With No Reflection became an international bestseller. Her second does not disappoint. In her hidden magical village, Jia Liu hasn’t felt as though ...

Richard Denniss provides a chilling analysis of the ploys our politicians use to govern in the interests of everyone but the public. Public choice theory employs basic economic analysis to posit that ...

The second novel from Andrew Pippos draws inspiration from the epics of ancient Greece as its characters navigate a fraught world. Early in the story, George Desoulis reveals that his family came to ...

It’s spring! Celebrate the season with us and go in the draw to win one of our fabulous spring book giveaways. To win all four of these titles, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ...

T-Bone Slim’s critiques of early twentieth-century America resonate with contemporary US attacks on healthcare, unions, and immigrants. Born Matti Valentin Huhta in 1880 to Finnish immigrant parents ...