Melanie O'loughlin
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
Book review - Figuring by Maria Popova
Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews Figuring by Maria Popova, which is published by A&U Canongate. From the creator of the award-winning brainpickings.org comes more cultural and historical… Audio
Book review - Best of 2019
Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews her favourite reads of last year: Will and Testament by Vigdis Hjorth (Bloomsbury, $23), No Friend But the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani (Pan Macmillan, $25)… Audio
Book review - Rabbits for Food by Binnie Kirshenbaum
Melanie O'Loughlin from Unity Books reviews Rabbits for Food by Binnie Kirshenbaum, which is published by Serpent's Tail. New Year's Eve 2008, and Bunny, a successful writer under the spell of… Audio
Book review - The Topeka School by Ben Lerner
Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews The Topeka School by Ben Lerner, which is published by Granta. "Adam Gordon, a senior in the class of 97, explores the events that lead up to a terrible act… Audio
Book review - The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa. This book is published by Harvill Secker. Audio
Book review - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews The Dutch House by Ann Patchett, which is published by Bloomsbury. Set in an otherworldly house, a family and their two children are bound together by the… Audio
Book review - Wolfe Island by Lucy Treloar
Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews Wolfe Island by Lucy Treloar. Published by Picador. Audio
Book review - Places and Names by Elliot Ackerman
Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews Places and Names by Elliot Ackerman, which is published by Allen Lane. A new kind of war reporting, written by a former US Marine who saw combat in… Audio
Book review - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong, published by Penguin Press. A stunning novel in the form of a letter; Vuong paints an authentic picture of… Audio
Book review - Walking on the Ceiling by Aysegül Savas
Melanie O'Loughlin reviews Walking on the Ceiling by Aysegül Savas, which is published by Riverhead Books. A young woman wanders Paris in the company of an older writer, who shares anecdotes from her… Audio
Book review - The Heavens by Sandra Newman
Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews The Heavens by Sandra Newman, which is published by Granta. Kate and Ben fall in love at a New York party, where everyone is interning at the UN, the year is… Audio
Book review - Night School : A reader for grown ups
Melanie O'Loughlin from Unity Book has been reading Night School : A reader for grown ups by Zsófia Bán Audio
Unity Books review - Little by Edward Carey
Melanie O'Loughlin from Unity books reviews Little by Edward Carey. Audio
Unity Books review - Trinity: A Novel by Louisa Hall
Melanie O'Loughlin from Unity Books reviews Trinity: A Novel by Louisa Hall, which is published by Corsair. Audio
Unity Books review - Heavy by Kiese Laymon
Melanie O'Loughlin from Unity Books reviews Heavy by Kiese Laymon, which is published by Bloomsbury. Audio
Unity Books review -The Ice Shelf by Anne Kennedy
Melanie O'Loughlin from Unity Books reviews The Ice Shelf by Anne Kennedy, which is published by Victoria University Press. "Janice has hit the writer's jackpot - an arts fellowship in Antartica. But… Audio