Diary of a crap housewife
Jessica Rowe is an Australian journalist, author and television presenter who most people will recognise as the sassy, short-haired former co-host of Network Ten’s breakfast…
By Kate Allman - 1 min read
Candidates Disease
This is the latest in a string of books penned by ex-pollie Peter Breen. Described by the Byron Bay-based lawyer as a “cheerful romp through…
By Melissa Coade - 1 min read
The Seventies
Welcome to the decade when the White Australia policy was abolished and the ABC broadcast its first female newsreader. Historian Michelle Arrow sling-shots readers through…
By Melissa Coade - 1 min read
The Marketer’s Guide to Law Firms
The blurb on the back cover of this book asks: “Are you a marketer or business development professional who works in a law firm and…
By Melissa Coade - 1 min read
The Ethical Leader
A manager who you can trust, who builds trust, and sees value in nurturing trust within an organisation? Sounds like fiction. In this book, Witzel…
By Melissa Coade - 1 min read
Any Ordinary Day
Do you ever feel like your life has been so blessed that it makes you terrifyingly vulnerable?
By Kate Allman - 1 min read
All the tears in China
A business trip to China in 1935 is brought to life in the ninth book of this Australian-styled crime series. Rowland Sinclair, an artist from…
By Melissa Coade - 1 min read
Capturing Nature: Early scientific photography at the Australian Museum 1857-1893
As Kim McKay, Director and CEO of the Australian Museum, writes in the foreword to this beautiful book, it seems unimaginable that there was a…
By Jane Southward - 1 min read
The Price of Fortune
Finance journalist Damon Kitney spent six months on and off with James Packer for The Price of Fortune, an impressive biography of the son of…
By Jane Southward - 1 min read
The Perils of Perception
Pick a topic, any topic. How much do you think you know to carry a credible conversation?
By Melissa Coade - 1 min read