Death in Daylesford by Kerry Greenwood
This is the 21st instalment in the ever engaging Honorable Phryne Fisher, lady detective series. It’s been a long seven years since the 20th instalment…
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Book Launch: John Brogden AM
Fifteen Australians tell their stories of surviving suicide and finding the way back to a better life. Every day, nine Australians take their own lives….
The Dressmaker’s Secret by Rosalie Ham
Whilst this reader felt a follow up to The Dressmaker was not required (the ending being satisfactory enough and the heroine riding off into the…
2022 Year In Review: SMSA’s Top 10 Books
Have you managed to read all of SMSA’s most popular books? Discover our Top 10 most borrowed titles for 2022, in our Year in Review…
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nigerian teenagers, Efemelu & Obinze, get the opportunity to live and study in the USA and UK. A story of love, race and integration.
Hammered by Elizabeth Bear
Hammered by Elizabeth Bear is Book 1 of the Jenny Casey series (AKA the Wetwired series) and won the 2007 Locus Award for First…
Full Wolf Moon by Lincoln Child
Full Wolf Moon by Lincoln Child finds Dr. Logan in the Mountains, investigating the savage murders of hikers, over the three days of the full…
A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson
A Memory of Light is the 14th and final volume of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series, which I highly recommend. Those of you who…
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
To be Taught if Fortunate takes us to the 22nd century. In this future, space exploration is citizen-funded, ‘exploration for exploration’s sake. Apolitical, international, non-profit.’…
The Lady with the Gun Asks the Questions by Kerry Greenwood
In these uncertain, pandemic, times when it can be hard for even the most focussed fiction reader to concentrate, this book of 17 short stories…
Board Director (Voluntary) position vacant
The Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts is seeking a member to join our board.
Event Recording: Let’s Talk About Louisa – More Than Henry’s Mother
We were joined at the SMSA for History Week by Michelle Scott Tucker, author and State Library of NSW Visiting Scholar, and Rachel Franks, historian and coordinator…