Melanie O'loughlin
Book review: Caledonian Road by Andrew O'Hagan
Melanie O'Loughlin from Lamplight Books reviews Caledonian Road by Andrew O'Hagan published by Faber. Audio
Book review: Tremor by Teju Cole
Melanie O'Loughlin of Lamplight Books reviews Tremor by Teju Cole published by Faber & Faber. Audio
Book review: Cheri by Jo Ann Beard
Melanie O'Loughlin from Lamplight Books reviews Cheri by Jo Ann Beard published by Serpent's Tail Audio
Book review - So Distant From My Life
Melanie O'Loughlin reviews So Distant From My Life by Monique Ilboudo; translated Yarri Kamara published by Titled Axis Press. Audio
Book review: Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
Melanie O'Loughlin reviews Big Swiss by Jen Beagin, published by Faber & Faber. Audio
Book review: Self Portrait by Celia Paul
Melanie O'Loughlin Lamplight Books in Auckland reviews Self Portrait by Celia Paul, published by Vintage Audio
Book review: A Fortunate Woman, by Polly Morland
Melanie O'Loughlin from Lamplight Books in Auckland reviews A Fortunate Woman, by Polly Morland, published by Picador. Audio
Book review: The Men by Sandra Newman
Melanie O'Loughlin of Lamplight Books reviews The Men by Sandra Newman, published by Allen and Unwin. Audio
Book review: The Recent East by Thomas Grattan
Melanie O'Loughlin of Lamplight Books Auckland reviews The Recent East by Thomas Grattan, published by Macmillan Its 1989, the Berlin Wall is freshly down when an East German defector receives news… Audio
Book review - A Luminous Republic by Andres Barba
Melanie O'Loughlin from Lamplight Books in Auckland reviews A Luminous Republic by Andrés Barba, published by Granta. Audio
Book review: The Book of Difficult Fruit by Kate Lebo
Melanie O'Loughlin of Lamplight Books reviews The Book of Difficult Fruit by Kate Lebo, published by Picador. Audio
Book review - This Life by Quntos KunQuest
Melanie O'Loughlin of Lamplight Books reviews This Life by Quntos KunQuest, published by Agate. Audio
Book review - World of Wonders
Melanie O'Loughlin of Lamplight Books reviews World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil, published by Milkweed Press. Audio
Book review - A Children’s Bible by Lydia Millet
Melanie O'Loughlin reviews A Children’s Bible by Lydia Millet, published by W.W. Norton & Company. Audio
Book review - Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey
Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey, published by Bloomsbury. Born to a black mother and a white father in a still-segregated Mississippi, Natasha’s… Audio
Book review - Real Life by Brandon Taylor
Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews Real Life by Brandon Taylor, published by Daunt Books.
This mid-western campus novel gives us a fresh view of student life as Wallace, a gay, black, PhD… Audio
Book review - This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga
Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga, published by Faber & Faber. A follow-up to the highly acclaimed Nervous Condition, written as Rhodesia came to an… Audio
Book review - Rest and Be Thankful by Emma Glass
Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews Rest and Be Thankful by Emma Glass, published by Bloomsbury. Laura is a paediatric nurse: her hands are raw from washing, her fridge is empty, her boyfriend a… Audio
Book review - Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Too
Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Too. This book is published by Scribner, UK. First published in 2016, this slender novel had a profound impact in South… Audio
Book review - Sado by Mikaela Nyman
Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews Sado by Mikaela Nyman, published by Victoria University Press. Cathryn, a New Zealand NGO worker in Port Vila, sets about picking up the pieces of her life… Audio