Book Recommendations from Lockdown
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Dear Friends,It was terrific to have Kathryn Heyman as my guest on Thursday Book Club last week. Congratulations to Lee who won the night's raffle.
This month's guest is Meredith Jaffé who was to have joined us in June but who fell ill and was rendered (literally) speechless a couple of days beforehand. I'm looking forward to chatting with Meredith on Thursday 26 August.
Last week was an exciting one for Thursday Book Club regular, Greg Woodland, whose novel The Night Whistler has been shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Awards. Congratulations Greg! Scroll down for the full list below.
I'm delighted to announce a partnership between Thursday Book Club and Abbey's Bookshop. Abbey's is a terrific book shop in the middle of the Sydney CBD with a great list of fiction and non-fiction titles and an excellent foreign language section. I'm in a French book club and over the years, it's been great to be able to source French titles from Abbey's.
Each week, Craig Kirchner and other booksellers from Abbey's will be recommending their pick of new Australian releases. Scroll down to see this week's recommendation. To receive a 15% discount on Abbey's new release recommendations, our guest authors' books and my books, just add the code THURSDAYBOOKCLUB at the checkout for Abbey's online store.
Hope you can join me at Thursday Book Club this week. Here's the link to join us: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8521042343
I'll look forward to seeing you. NEW RELEASE RECOMMENDATION
CATCH US THE FOXES by Nicola West
https://www.abbeys.com.au/book/catch-us-the-foxes-9781760857479.do
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Nicola West's dark tale is set in the sparkling coastal town of Kiama, not too far south of Sydney, yet the townsfolk may not be enjoying their literary moment given the portrayal here. Then again, maybe they'll love it!
The youthful protagonist of Marlowe (just out of uni) is full of barely contained energy, which is a change-up from old cops, lawyers & journos with complicated pasts.
The story moves fast as she gets drawn deeper into unravelling the mystery surrounding the murder of her friend, Lily, and the quandary of who to trust - even herself - makes this an enjoyable and engrossing read. Craig Kirchner
Enter the code THURSDAYBOOKCLUB at the checkout for a 15% discount on Abbey's new release recommendations.This code will also get you a 15% discount on the books by my guests on Thursday Book Club and my latest novels, The Teacher's Secret and The Deceptions. NEWS
Paul Laverty is an author who also interviews writers on his radio program and podcast, The Quiet Carriage. Paul's new novella, Cider Country, was released last week. It's a series of comedically dark and interlinked tales about set in the apple orchards of Australia's Central Victorian region that will have you thinking about apples, cider and life itself in a whole new way. You can order your copy of Cider Country here.
The 2021 Booker Prize longlist is:
A Passage North, Anuk Arudpragasam (Granta Books, Granta Publications)
Second Place, Rachel Cusk, (Faber)
The Promise, Damon Galgut, (Chatto & Windus, Vintage, PRH)
The Sweetness of Water, Nathan Harris (Tinder Press, Headline, Hachette Book Group)
Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro (Faber)
An Island, Karen Jennings (Holland House Books)
A Town Called Solace, Mary Lawson (Chatto & Windus, Vintage, PRH)
No One is Talking About This, Patricia Lockwood (Bloomsbury Circus, Bloomsbury Publishing)
The Fortune Men, Nadifa Mohamed (Viking, Penguin General, PRH)
Bewilderment, Richard Powers (Hutchinson Heinemann, PRH)
China Room, Sunjeev Sahota (Harvill Secker, Vintage, PRH)
Great Circle, Maggie Shipstead (Doubleday, Transworld Publishers, PRH)
Light Perpetual, Francis Spufford (Faber)
The shortlist will be announced on 14 September 2021
2021 NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST CRIME FICTION
Consolation by Garry Disher (Text)
Gathering Dark by Candice Fox (Penguin Random House)
A Testament of Character by Sulari Gentill (Pantera Press)
The Survivors by Jane Harper (Pan Macmillan)
The Good Turn by Dervla McTiernan (Harper Collins)
Tell Me Lies by J.P. Pomare (Hachette)
When She Was Good by Michael Robotham (Hachette)
White Throat by Sarah Thornton (Text)
2021 NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT CRIME FICTION
The Debut Crime Fiction shortlist covers a diverse range of new voices including:
The Good Mother by Rae Cairns (Bandrui Publishing)
The Second Son by Loraine Peck (Text)
The Bluffs by Kyle Perry (Penguin Random House)
The Night Whistler by Greg Woodland (Text)
* You'll find the full list for the Ned Kelly awards here
I’ll look forward to your company at Thursday Book Club this week.
What is Thursday Book Club? Thursday Book Club is a relaxed, friendly book club connecting readers online. Each Thursday we meet on Zoom from 8 - 8.30pm. There are no scheduled books to read: we simply chat about books we like & books we’re reading. Once a month, a guest writer joins us.
Zoom in as you can – it doesn’t matter if you’re late or have to leave early. Just join my Zoom conference room between 8pm and 8.30pm on Thursdays by clicking on this link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8521042343
If prompted, here are the details to manually enter:
Meeting ID: 852 104 2343
Password: 886196
On 26 August, Meredith Jaffé will be joining us to talk about her new novel, The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison.
Thursday Book Cl
ub Recommendations
My Recommendation
Real Life (La Vraie Vie) by Adeline Dieudonné
Kathryn Heyman's Recommendation
The Covered Wife by Lisa Emanuel
Stranger Care by Sarah Sentilles
Circe by Madeleine Miller
PS. Would you like me to drop in to your book club?
If your book club has chosen to read The Deceptions or The Teacher’s Secret, I’d be delighted to attend your meeting by Zoom (whether your group is meeting online or gathering together in person) to answer any of your questions. To schedule a date, please email me here.
directly from my publisher here:
Kindle version
Paperback
The Deceptions Paperback
Audible Questions? Email me You can buy
The Deceptions
and
The Teacher’s Secret
on Booktopia and from your local bookshops, including https://www.gleebooks.com.au/product/deceptions-the/
https://www.gertrudeandalice.com.au/product/the-deceptions/
https://www.abbeys.com.au/book/the-deceptions-suzanne-leal-9781760875275.do
https://www.abbeys.com.au/book/the-teachers-secret-book-9781760297053.do
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