A few weeks back, I covered Australian writer Miranda Darling’s Thunderhead, a Mrs-Dalloway-inspired novel recounting a day in the life of a woman trapped in an abusive marriage, and as promised at the time, I’m back today for a look at Darling’s latest release. We catch up with the ever-fascinating Winona a few years on, […]| Tony's Reading List
I was recently sent a copy of an interesting-sounding book, Miranda Darling’s Fireweather (just out here in Australia from Scribe Publications), but while flicking through, I realised that it was a sequel of sorts to an earlier novel, one I hadn’t read. Fortunately, Scribe were kind enough to also send a copy of that one […]| Tony's Reading List
Explore Shida Bazyar's powerful novel "The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran," a poignant tale of revolution, exile, and inter-generational trauma.| Reading in Translation
After starting this year’s Women in Translation Month travels with stops in South Korea and Japan, today sees me heading off to Europe, and hurtling more than a century into the past. WeR…| Tony's Reading List
After a shaggy-dog story down in South America, we’re off to Europe for the next leg of our International Booker Prize journey, where we’ll be getting involved in a family drama. Relat…| Tony's Reading List