Literature

Recommended reading – October 25

The month Aryani Siti reviews Always Home, Always Homesick and Snake Talk: How the world's ancient serpent stories can guide us. Reviews from the Sun Bookshop include The Director and Oceanforged: The Wicked Ship.

Recommended reading – September 25

Books this month include Unsettled, Millie and Stella and The Director.

The New Face of an Old Street

Read the prize winning story by Year 12 student Ali Ozgun inspired by life in the north-western suburbs of Melbourne.

Love Is All I Have

They say "love always wins". I have love in my heart, but all I hear are cries.

The West’s inaugural Writers’ Success Summit 

Melbourne’s West, with its Yarra and Maribyrnong Rivers flowing to the Bay, is home to  60,000 years of First Peoples’ storytelling.

And Silently Falls the Snow: A father’s legacy becomes an Amazon bestseller

Learn about the inspiring story of a local author whose published after death novel has become an Amazon bestseller.

Recommended reading – July 2025 

Book reviews this edition include: Everyday Permaculture – Sustainable Living for Every Space, Gunnawah, Always Home, Always Homesick, and Detective Beans: Adventures in Cat Town

Local author featured during annual National Storytime celebration

Discover how local author Deborah Frenkel was featured at National Simultaneous Storytime, bringing joy to readers of all ages.

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