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Book review: The Rosés of Southern France – the story behind the book

July 28, 2022 By Judy MacMahon   |  

This is a handbook for trade, sommeliers, & consumers. We’d love to see – muddy fingerprints, wine glass stains, notes written in the margin.


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Book review: Disoriental by Négar Djavadi

February 10, 2022 By Lauren Brooks   |  

Disoriental is a vibrant exploration of how exile can be more complicated and more personal than simply leaving one’s homeland


Book Review: The Hanged Man’s Tale by Gerald Jay

January 26, 2022 By Bethany Keats   |  

What happened? A Paris crime scene – victim has tarot card in his pocket –


Book review: The Bridgetower Sonata by Emmanuel Dongala

January 4, 2022 By Lauren Brooks   |  

The Bridgetower Sonata is a delightful narrative about a young 18th century virtuoso violinist of mixed-race


Book review: The Last One by Fatima Daas

December 17, 2021 By Lauren Brooks   |  

“…The Last One, a tender but powerful exploration of the “often conflicting facets of her identity: French. Algerian. Muslim. Lesbian.”


Book Review: The Judgment of Paris by Ross King

November 9, 2021 By Tomi Kent-Smith   |  

With a novelist’s skill & historian’s insight, the author recalls a seminal period when Paris was the artistic center of the world, and the rivalry between Meissonier and Manet.


Book review: Love’s Legacy by Daniel Fallon

October 14, 2021 By Bethany Keats   |  

When Daniel Fallon’s father died, he inherited two letters sent to his great-great-grandfather… and he wanted to know more.


Book Review: French Connetion by Alexis Bergantz

September 16, 2021 By Bethany Keats   |  

‘French Connection’ is a non-fiction work about the history of French migration and French migrants in Australia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.


Book review: Kylie the Crocodile in Paris by Oliver Gee and Lina Nordin Gee

July 27, 2021 By Bethany Keats   |  

The idea of a crocodile who not only lives in Paris but engages with its activities is charming. I laughed out loud at some of her antics (no spoilers!)


Book review: The Heart by Maylis de Kerangal

July 20, 2021 By Lauren Brooks   |  

The Heart is not for the timid reader; but it is a beautiful reminder of life’s transience.


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