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24/09/08 | Pansy Lai
Philippa Gregory's newest historical novel The Other Queen, set during the first three years of Mary Queen of Scots' house arrest, paints a dreary picture of Elizabeth's England.

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The Lost Thoughts of Soldiers

10/08/05 | Tim Watson
The Lost Thoughts of Soldiers is a slender volume, more an elegy or a poem than a novel. It captures the essence of a soldier’s life in and around…

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Hormones, horcruxes and the Half-Blood Prince

08/08/05 | Greg Clarke
The Harry Potter series has two enduring interests: the battle between good and evil, and the education of young Harry. What is going to happen,…

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

01/08/05 | Sarah Barnett
The coexistence of predestination and freewill is a difficult concept and finds little expression in fiction, yet intriguingly it forms a key part of the…

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Dreamhunter

20/07/05 | Sarah Barnett
Dreams are a fascinating and mysterious part of our lives. They can reveal prophecies and promises. They can cause us to wake in terror. In our sleeping…

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Where Rainbows End

25/06/05 | Kate Stanton
Is ‘true love’ real? Is there really a love that can be found between two people who were meant for each other and no one else? Most people want to…

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State of Fear

04/05/05 | Lea Carswell
Like many, I’m a sucker for a good conspiracy theory and Michael Crichton’s latest novel, State of Fear, is a tantalising morsel to feed our…

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The Broker - John Grisham

22/04/05 | Maia Hadley
Grisham has been described as a writer of ‘good solid commercial fiction’ and his latest offering, ‘The Broker’ is no exception. Good, solid commercial…

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Saturday

13/04/05 | Sarah Barnett
Set over the course of a single day, Saturday begins in the early morning of February 15, 2003 as a sleepless neurosurgeon, Dr Henry Perowne, gazes…

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Purple Hibiscus

30/03/05 | Kate Stanton
Within a Nigeria that is experiencing political turmoil, Purple Hibiscus tells the story of Kambili and Jaja, two children who live with a repressive…

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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

20/03/05 | Sarah Barnett
In her epic novel, Jonathon Strange and Mr Norrell, English writer Susanna Clarke has recreated England in the early 19th century. Echoing the literary…

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Names for Nothingness

15/03/05 | Lea Carswell
Names for Nothingness is about a modern family dealing with empty spaces that should be filled to the brim. In relationships that are characterised…

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

02/02/05 | Sarah Barnett
Detective stories are a popular and well-established genre that rarely cross into the territory of capital ‘L’ Literature. There are a few exceptions…

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The Polished Hoe

03/12/04 | Sarah Barnett
What does it mean to respect someone? Is it necessary to first see them as equals? The questions of equality, respect and justice resonate loudly throughout…

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The Turning

14/11/04 | Sarah Barnett
Triumphalism is an attitude rarely found in the writing of Tim Winton. More often than not his stories are tales imbued with regret and tragedy. Frequently…

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Birds Without Wings

21/10/04 | Sarah Barnett
As with his earlier novel, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, de Bernieres throws the detail of village life against the dramatic backdrop of a world…

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Unscrambling ‘The Da Vinci Code’

24/04/04 | AMS Staff

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Book Review: The No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency

22/11/03 | AMS Staff

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Book Review : My Life as a Fake

07/10/03 | AMS Staff

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