“Go As A River” – Shelley Read

For fans of “Where The Crawdads Sing” – a lush, immersive, soaring tale by Shelley Read is coming NEXT WEEK.  On a cool autumn day, Victoria Nash heads into the village from her family’s farm in rural Colorado pulling a rickety wagon filled with late-season peaches. As she nears an intersection, a stranger in stops […]

The Summer I Turned Pretty – Franc. World Review

Newly released as a major TV series on Amazon Prime, The Summer I Turned Pretty is an adaptation of the 2009 YA romance novel series by the same name and is a beautifully written novel for older tweens by bestselling author Jenny Han. Every year Isabel spends a perfect summer at her favourite place in […]

Forty Nights – Pirooz Jafari

Pirooz Jafari migrated to Australia more than two decades ago as an ambitious photographer. However, his experience of witnessing violations of human rights ignited a passion in him to pursue legal studies. In the summer of 2003, Pirooz graduated as a lawyer. Since then, he has worked in various community-based organisations and statutory bodies. Earlier […]