All posts tagged "fiction"
-
1.4KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Digger, by Mike Dumbleton, Illustrated by Robin Cowcher
Young Annie names her stuffed Kangaroo 'Digger' and gives him to her older brother as he leaves for war. In France, 1918, Digger & her brother are cared for by a young French girl named Colette.
-
1.3KBooks & LiteratureAudiobook Review: Doctor Who Short Trips: The Authentic Experience, by Big Finish
The Sixth Doctor and his companion, Peri encounter a travel agency that uses alien technology to transport people’s consciousness to points in time to relive various adventures.
-
1.6KBooks & LiteratureAudiobook Review: The Tenth Doctor Adventures Vol 2, by Big Finish
Three new audio adventures featuring the 10th Doctor, David Tennant, and companion Rose Tyler as they face the Ice Warriors and other adventures.
-
1.7KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Fox & Wombat: The Whole Story, by Terry Denton
Three comedic short adventures for boys 8-13 years oId, particularly good for reluctant readers and those with a taste for comic or cartoon-styled illustrations.
-
3.8KBooks & LiteratureAudiobook Review: Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection by Arthur Conan Doyle
The incomparable Stephen Fry narrates all 4 novels and 56 short stories of Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, bringing the characters, action and the era to life.
-
739Books & LiteratureBook Review: Strayapedia, by Dominic Knight
From the funnier writer of ABC-TV's 'The Chaser' comes a fair dink'um encyclopedia of all things Australian, from the people and pasttimes to cultural icons.
-
1.0KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Origin, by Dan Brown
The 5th book in the Robert Langdon series has him chasing a series of hidden clues for a scientific discovery that may question the very existence of mankind.
-
1.1KArtsAudiobook Review: King Lear, by Big Finish
An all new audio adaptation of Shakespeare's famous tragedy stage play, King Lear. The second in a series of new adaptations by Big Finish Productions.
-
802Books & LiteratureAudiobook Review: The Time Machine, by Big Finish
A full-cast audio adaptation of HG Wells' sci-fi classic about a time traveller who goes 80,000 years into the future to witness the future of humanity.
-
1.1KBooks & LiteratureAudiobook Review: The Prisoner Vol 2, by Big Finish
Four new full-cast audio plays based on the quirky 1970's television series that starred Patrick McGoohan, set in The Village, an isolated town with no escape.
-
1.1KBooks & LiteratureAudiobook Review: Doctor Who: The Third Doctor Adventures Vol 3, by Big Finish
Two original full-cast audio plays set in Jon Pertwee’s era of Doctor Who, as The Doctor and his companion, Jo Grant, face old enemies and new.
-
916Books & LiteratureAudiobook Review: Hamlet, by Big Finish
Shakespeare’s greatest play, Hamlet. comes to life in an original, full-cast audio production with a bonus roundtable discussion following the play.
-
1.1KBooks & LiteratureAudiobook Review: HG Wells’ The Island Of Dr Moreau, by Big Finish
A shipwrecked man finds himself on a strange island where a mysterious doctor and his assistant have been creating a race of man-animal hybrids.
-
823Books & LiteratureBook Review: Those Pleasant Girls, by Lia Weston
Evie Pleasant tries to reinvent herself when she returns to her hometown of Sweet Meadow after a painful divorce and the death of her mother.
-
730Books & LiteratureBook Review: The Secret History of Twin Peaks, by Mark Frost
Newspaper clippings, personalised documentation, type written accounts and symbolic photography tell the history of America's most notorious fictional town.
-
710Books & LiteratureBook Review: Beyond the Orchard, by Anna Romer
After receiving a letter from her estranged grandfather, a woman leaves behind her life in London to return to confront what, and who, she ran away from.
-
2.4KBooks & LiteratureInterview: Hannah Kent & The Good People
Author Hannah Kent chats to Glam Adelaide about her new book, The Good People, and the extraordinary research she puts into her novels.
-
556Books & LiteratureAudiobook Review: The Haunted Halls, by Glenn Rolfe
The Bruton Inn, just outside the town of Hollis Oaks, is attacked by a malevolent spirit, leaving the staff & guests at the mercy of the ghost's lust for blood.
-
641Books & LiteratureBook Review: Last Year, When We Were Young, by Andrew McKiernan
An award-winning collection of 16 short stories. Although billed as horror, the author writes in a wide range of voices, finding just the right one for each story.
-
582Books & LiteratureBook Review: Nothing Short of Dying, by Erik Storey
After being on the run for 16 years, Clyde Barr faces insurmountable odds to rescue his sister but there's nothing short of dying that will stop him from trying.
