naomilisashippen

Aug 13
2 min

Blackbirch: The Ritual - Book Review

***This review contains spoilers*** I was privileged to be given an advance copy of the third book in this magickal series. K.M. Allan...

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naomilisashippen

Jul 24
3 min

The Brink - Book Review

When the party of a lifetime goes wrong, a group of school leavers will never be the same again. Thanks to Text Publishing for giving me...

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Book Review - How to Be Australian: An Outsider's View on Life and Love Down Under

naomilisashippen

Jun 26
2 min

Book Review - How to Be Australian: An Outsider's View on Life and Love Down Under

The sub-zero temperatures of her native Canada prompted Ashley Kalagian Blunt and her husband to seek out the warmer climes of Sydney,...

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My Heart is a Little Wild Thing - Book Review

naomilisashippen

Jun 12
2 min

My Heart is a Little Wild Thing - Book Review

Teenaged Patrick is growing up in the 1980s, under the shadow of the deadly virus, AIDS, and the knowledge that revealing his true self...

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Release by Lucy Chrisopher - Book Review

naomilisashippen

Jun 4
1 min

Release by Lucy Chrisopher - Book Review

Living under an assumed name half a world away, former kidnap victim, Kate Stone, remains under the spell of her former captor, and the...

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naomilisashippen

May 15
2 min

My Dark Vanessa - Book Review

*** This Review Contains Spoilers*** Thirty-something Vanessa Wye lives in the shadow of her doomed love affair with English teacher,...

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Invisible Boys by Holden Sheppard - Book Reveiw

naomilisashippen

Apr 30
2 min

Invisible Boys by Holden Sheppard - Book Reveiw

Set in Western Australia, Invisible Boys is about an unlikely alliance between three teenage boys who seem to have nothing in common,...

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naomilisashippen

Apr 17
1 min

Book Review - The Burnished Sun

This brilliant collection of short stories covers a diverse range of characters across time, place, and culture. From a teenage...

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After Story by Larissa Behrendt - Book Review

naomilisashippen

Feb 5
2 min

After Story by Larissa Behrendt - Book Review

Told over the course of a 10-day literary tour of England, After Story centres on the difficult relationship between a First Nations...

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naomilisashippen

Jan 26
2 min

In Moonland - Book Review

In Moonland tells the story of three generations, ranging from 1970s Australia until the not-too-distant future. The story is told in...

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naomilisashippen

Jan 9
1 min

Goodreads Book Reviews

I am an avid reader and enjoy novels from a variety of different genres, including, crime, literary fiction and memoir. As an active...

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Life in the Time of Corona

In 2020 I was thrilled to have several of my short stories included in this eclectic anthology, published during the first wave of the pandemic. From a tech billionaire, to an Uber driver to child stuck at home on school holidays, "Life in the Time of Corona" explores how everyone has been touched by the global pandemic.

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