Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Great Writers & the Cats who Owned Them – Susannah Fullerton

    New South Books Bodleian Library October 2025 9781851246540 AUD$34.99, NZD$39.99 Oh yes, when you pick up a book that is beautifully bound and feels like a gift in your hands (even with a marker ribbon!) you can pretty much guarantee that you are going to love the contents. After all, it is already screaming quality.…

  • Soaring with the Sugarbird Lady: the Robin Miller Story – Dianne Wolfer

    Fremantle Press March 2025 ISBN: 978176099527 RRP: $17.99 My love of historical fiction knows no bounds as when I come across a hitherto unknown episode, particularly of the Australian + women variety. Dianne Wolfer has introduced me to a young woman who was an absolute stand-out – in Dianne’s own words ‘a trailblazer for women, winging…

  • Women Artists A to Z – Melanie LaBarge. Illustrated by Caroline Corrigan

    Penguin Random House Australia February 2020 ISBN 9783760896357 Imprint: Puffin RRP $24.99 No matter if you are looking for something biographical and ‘easy’ or as an introduction to outstanding and diverse artists or to supplement your Mighty Girl collection this is a very welcome addition. These are the women who, in each of their disciplines,…