Rosie Ward

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Kate Evans |Claire Nichols |Nicola Heath |Declan Fry |Rosie Ward

Welcome to ABC Arts' monthly book column: a shortlist of new releases read and recommended by The Bookshelf's Kate Evans, The Book Show's Claire Nichols, ABC Arts' Nicola Heath and critics Declan Fry and Rosie Ofori Ward. All five read voraciously and their only guidelines for a recommendation here: make it a new release and make it something you think is great.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Kate Evans |Claire Nichols |Nicola Heath |Declan Fry |Rosie Ward

The pages of February's best books promise a lot: a queer love story full of incisive observation about life, a fiction-memoir blend about a body in love and in pain, and a character convinced they're being hunted by snipers. Two are the work of Nobel Prize winners while others are penned by debut authors.   One writer learns her father might've been a secret spy, another just where grief can take you. ABC Arts reviewers offer up all this and more in reading recommendations from this month.

Dec 13, 2024 | abc.net.au | Kate Evans |Claire Nichols |Sarah L'Estrange |Nicola Heath |Declan Fry |Rosie Ward

You know that uncomfortable feeling when you don't know what to read next? Well, get ready to take some notes because we're about to obliterate it. The Bookshelf's Kate Evans, The Book Show's Claire Nichols and Sarah L'Estrange, ABC Arts' Nicola Heath and critics Declan Fry and Rosie Ofori Ward offer up their best reads of 2024, leading us from grieving sisters to mismatched detectives, and from short stories based on real crimes to satire and dystopian futures.

Sep 30, 2024 | abc.net.au | Rosie Ward

It is almost impossible to come to a Sally Rooney book objectively. Whether influenced by rumblings from the literary world's hype machine, or the flavour of her previous books still lingering on the tongue, most readers are bound to have some (potentially high) expectations.

Jul 26, 2024 | abc.net.au | Claire Nichols |Kate Evans |Declan Fry |Rosie Ward |Jinghua Qian

We are officially in the depths of winter, when snuggling up with a book somewhere cosy is almost mandatory. To help you decide which title to pick, we've enlisted our trusted gang of avid readers — The Book Show's Claire Nichols, The Bookshelf's Kate Evans, and critics Declan Fry, Rosie Ofori Ward and Jinghua Qian — to pick their favourite July new releases for you.