Farewell To 2012

David Gaunt farewells 2012 looking forward to some books yet to come, and invites you to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation's trivia night fundraiser.

Guest Review

Alicia Thompson is very impressed with Toni Jordan's new book, Nine Days.

In Praise Of The New

David McLaughlin recommends the new Colm Toibin, Pat Barker and Sebastian Faulks.

The Wilder Aisles

Janice Wilder's favourite crime novel of the year is Louise Penny's The Beautiful Mystery. She also recommends the new Peter Robinson and trips back in time to a tree growing in Brooklyn.

Childrens Books

Xmas gift and stocking stuffer suggestions galore, plus an interview with Shaun Tan about his new book The Oopsatoreum.

DVDs

Scott Donovan reviews his year on the couch with some favourite documentary and TV fare.

My Year Of Reading

Louise looks back on her year of reading and highly recommends Leta Keen's book, Rural Australian Homes.

2nd Hand Rows

Stephen Reid reads Fred Kitchen's Brother to the Ox: The Autobiography of a Farm Labourer and is struck by it's similarities to A B Facey's A Fortunate Life.

Isabelle Jones-Rabbit's End Of Year Snippets

At the end of the university year Isabelle's been doing a bit of catch-up reading and has much to recommend.

Stephen's Notable Books 2012

Stephen's best book for the year is the latest volume in Robert Caro's biography of Lyndon B Johnson, and he also highly commends The Dirtiest Race in History by Richard Moore and Wakool Crossing by Mike Richards.