Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Be Frank With Me – Julia Claiborne Johnson

    Allen & Unwin Australia ISBN:9781782399179 Publisher:Atlantic Imprint:Corvus Pub Date:February 2016 RRP $27.99 As  you know, I don’t seem to get around to reading grown up books often but there was something about the blurb for this one that begged me to read and review it. Thank you thank you A&U for allowing me the unmitigated…

  • The Singing Bones – Shaun Tan

    Allen & Unwin Imprint; Allen & Unwin Children October 2015 ISBN 9781760111038 RRP $35.00 Along with many others a new work from Shaun Tan sends a frisson of expectation and the promise of delighted awe through me and The Singing Bones is no disappointment. From the first ‘picking up’, feeling the sleekness of the stylish…