KOOKABURRA COTTAGE
Maya Linnell, Allen & Unwin, $29.99
aya Linnell is back with the first book in a new series based in the wine country of South Australia’s Limestone Coast, where she grew up. All her trademark themes are there from country shows, gardening and baking to DIY renovations and, inevitably, the twisted path of a romance that seems destined to go wrong. Maya brings such an authentic voice to her writing as much of it is based on lived experience of her home in regional Victoria. The rest stems from her truly charming capacity to weave the storyline into