Jo Case

Jan 6, 2025 | canberratimes.com.au | Jo Case

Recommendations range from lockdown fiction to Dostoyevsky. Pictures Shutterstock, suppliedSummer reads are often advertised as fat paperback page-turners: romance, adventure or crime fiction. But everyone has their own definition of the summer read. Subscribe now for unlimited access.

Dec 25, 2024 | rhodeislandcurrent.com | Jo Case

It’s that time of year again … and we’ve invited 30 of our writers, from fields as disparate as wildlife ecology and mathematics to literature and politics, to share their best books of of 2024. Of course, best books lists are subjective, relying on what people have read and remembered. But we always love finding out which books lingered for our writers. This year, the Books & Ideas team set ourselves the hard (but fun) task of picking our own best books too.

Dec 18, 2024 | theconversation.com | Jo Case

Summer reads are often advertised as fat paperback page-turners: romance, adventure or crime fiction. But everyone has their own definition of the summer read. It might be catching up on a classic that felt too heavy for the end of a work day. It might be a big biography, or a sports or music book. Or even just spending quality time with your to-read pile, whatever is on it – with no distractions, and a cool drink nearby. We asked six of our writers to share their reading plans this summer.

Dec 17, 2024 | smh.com.au | Jo Case

By Jo CaseUpdated December 26, 2024 — 4.11pmfirst published December 18, 2024 — 12.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. FICTIONTheory and PracticeMichelle de KretserText, $32.99“Geography is destiny,” states a character in Questions of Travel, the first of Michelle de Kretser’s two novels to win the Miles Franklin Award, in 2013.

Dec 6, 2024 | dailybulletin.com.au | Jo Case

It’s that time of year again … and we’ve invited 30 of our writers, from fields as disparate as wildlife ecology and mathematics to literature and politics, to share their best books of of 2024. Of course, best books lists are subjective, relying on what people have read and remembered. But we always love finding out which books lingered for our writers. This year, the Books & Ideas team set ourselves the hard (but fun) task of picking our own best books too.