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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe



  • Which Way to Anywhere – Cressida Cowell

    Hachette Australia September 2022 ISBN 9781444969047 | RRP $22.99 Well, if there’s anything more exciting in MG fiction than a new Cressida Cowell title, it’s a new Cressida Cowell series and this one is going to skyrocket I can assure you. K2 O’Hero (yes, he is named after the mountain) would appear, to all intents and purposes, Read more

  • Agatha Christie: a Very Elusive Woman – Lucy Worsley

    Hachette Australia September 2022 ISBN: 9781529303889 | RRP $34.99 If, as I am, you are are a fan of historian Lucy Worsley, either in her role as Chief Curator of Royal Historical Palaces and her numerous TV appearances, or in her other guise as a skilled writer of best-selling history books AND you are also an Agatha Read more

  • The Dangerous Business of Being Trilby Moffat – Kate Temple

    Hachette September 2022 ISBN: 9780734420909  RRP: $16.99 This is just utterly fantastic from first page to last. So good that I gobbled it up in just two sittings in fact. Why is it so dangerous being Trilby Misso you may wonder? Well, because she finds herself in a unique position – inheriting the singular role Read more

  • Plume [#3]: Festival Seeker -Tania McCartney

    Hardie Grant October 2022 ISBN: 9781741177909 Publisher: Hardie Grant Explore RRP: $26.99 My apologies for that delay between the fabulous interview with the lovely Tania and my promised review of the newest Plume title – released yesterday – but there was a rather inconvenient technical hitch. Welcome back Plume! Our intrepid Antarctic traveller extraordinaire is Read more

  • Willa and Woof #2: Birthday Business – Jacqueline Harvey

    Penguin Australia October 2022 Willa happens to find out that it’s almost Frank’s birthday and it’s a super special significant one. She feels pretty sad when she knows that Frank’s family, son and his wife plus children, who live in England are unable to even be in touch on this special day so, of course, Read more

  • Huzzah! Special guest Q&A with the amazing Tania McCartney

    At the very first moment we met, around 11 years ago, the lovely Tan and I just hit it off and I, for one, have treasured this friendship and her astounding talent since. Tania McCartney, welcome to Just So Stories- I have no idea why it’s taken this long to do a Q&A with you Read more