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Grace Nye

Grace Nye is a producer and co-presenter of The Book Club, broadcast weekly on 4ZZZ FM and the Community Radio Network. She's also a reviewer and music director at 4ZZZ, and presents the Wednesday breakfast show. The Book Club can be found at www.zedbookclub.com

Grace Nye reviews 'The Bird's Child' by Sandra Leigh Price

August 2015, no. 373 29 July 2015
This début novel brings 1920s Sydney to life through a fairy-tale lens, highlighting the city’s romance, its magic and its mystery. In alternating point-of-view chapters, the stories of three misfits unfold. Ari is a European Jewish refugee, raised in Sydney by his devout uncle, who wants him to become a rabbi. But Ari has other plans: an admirer of Houdini, he dreams of becoming a professional ... (read more)

Grace Nye reviews 'Clariel' by Garth Nix

April 2015, no. 370 30 March 2015
Garth Nix’s Sabriel (1995) remains a high water mark for Young Adult fantasy. With its strong-willed heroine and distinctive setting, which mingled wizardry and necromancy with industrial-era technology, the novel found a devoted following and influenced a generation of fantasy authors. ... (read more)

Grace Nye reviews 'Nightfall' by Will Elliott

December 2012–January 2013, no. 347 29 November 2012
A young man wakes up in an unfamiliar world, with almost no knowledge of his previous life. He remembers committing suicide, but doesn’t remember why. This isn’t heaven or hell, though: as Aden explores his new surroundings, he soon realises that he has ended up in the fictional world created by his grandfather, an aspiring but unpublished author of epic fantasy. ... (read more)