Pan Macmillan Australia Archives • Glam Adelaide

Book Review: Sea of Tranquility, by Emily St. John Mandel

LITERARY FICTION: The award-winning author of Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel returns with a novel of time travel that precisely captures the reality of our current moment.

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Book Review: The Kaiju Preservation Society, by John Scalzi

SCI-FI: The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi is a thrilling, fast-paced adventure set on an alternate Earth – perfect for fans of Adrian Tchaikovsky and Charles Stross.

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Book Review: The Thousand Eyes: The Serpent Gates Book 2, by A.K. Larkwood

FANTASY: Brilliant, bold and thrilling, The Thousand Eyes by A. K. Larkwood is the epic fantasy sequel to The Unspoken Name.

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Book Review: All the Lovers in the Night, by Mieko Kawakami

LITERARY FICTION: The acclaimed and bestselling author of Breasts and Eggs and Heaven returns with a blistering, shocking and poetic story set in contemporary Tokyo.

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Book Review: When Granny Came to Stay, by Alice Pung, illustrated by Soweol Han

CHILDREN'S BOOK: Everything changes when Granny comes to stay.She doesn't drive, she cooks strange foods and she thinks Destroyer Discs are just toys!But when Granny finally leaves, will things go back to the way they were?

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Book Review: Maku, by Meyne Wyatt

CHILDREN'S BOOK: OUR STORIES is a funny, relatable and engaging new early-chapter book series that celebrates Australia's multicultural society with authors and illustrators from a diverse range of backgrounds.

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Book Review: She Who Became to the Sun, by Shelley Parker-Chan

HISTORICAL FANTASY: This is a glorious tale of love, loss, betrayal and triumph by a powerful new voice.

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Book Review: The Darkest Sin, by D. V. Bishop

THRILLER: The Darkest Sin is an atmospheric historical thriller by D. V. Bishop, set in Renaissance Florence and is the sequel to City of Vengeance.

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Book Review: The Hope Flower, by Joy Dettman

CONTEMPORARY FICTION: From the bestselling author of Mallawindy and the Woody Creek series comes a story of love and survival.

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Book Review: Homegrown, by Paul West

LIFESTYLE: Join River Cottage Australia host Paul West in his garden and kitchen as he shows you how to become that little bit more self-sufficient.

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Book Review: Dear Mrs Bird, by AJ Pearce

HISTORICAL ROMANCE: Irresistibly funny and enormously moving, Dear Mrs Bird by AJ Pearce is a love letter to female friendship, Blitz spirit, the kindness of strangers and the art of letter-writing itself.

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Book Review: To Paradise, by Hanya Yanagihara

CONTEMPORARY FICTION: A bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, about lovers, family, loss and the elusive promise of utopia.

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Book Review: Yours Cheerfully: Book #2 of The Emmeline Lake Chronicles, by AJ Pearce

HISTORICAL FICTION: From the author of Sunday Times Bestseller, Dear Mrs Bird, comes a much hoped-for sequel, Yours Cheerfully. Charming, heart-warming and hilarious, Yours Cheerfully is just the tonic we've all been waiting for.

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The Mother Wound, by Amani Haydar

BIOGRAPHY: Amani Haydar suffered the unimaginable when she lost her mother in a brutal act of domestic violence perpetrated by her father. Five months pregnant at the time, her own perception of how she wanted to mother was shaped by this devastating murder.

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Book Review: Viral, by Robin Cook

THRILLER: A family’s exposure to a rare yet deadly virus puts them at the centre of a terrifying new danger to mankind – and pulls back the curtain on a health care system powered by greed and corruption.

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Book Review: Heartsick, by Jessie Stephens

NON-FICTION: Based on three true stories, Heartsick is a compelling narrative nonfiction account of the many lows and occasional surprising highs of heartbreak.