“Katharine Pollock is the voice that we have been waiting for. Forensically sharp and ridiculously funny. Step aside New York. Pollock brings you Brisbane in all its glory.” – Kris Kneen, author of Fat Girl Dancing

“Funny and joyous: the secret history of record shop girls.” – Susan Johnson, author of Aphrodite’s Breath

“An affecting portrait of people we might encounter often but know next to nothing about. Brimming with heart and humour, Her Fidelity tells us something about how to be and how not to be. Pollock’s writing is rich and relatable. It snapshots contemporary Australian society with precision and awareness. I found myself caring for the characters in the story as though they were my friends.” – George Haddad, author of Losing Face

“Like a perfect pop song you can't resist dancing to, Her Fidelity takes you by the hand and heart as it honours the life-defining powers of music and friendship. By turning the tables on the boys-club of record stores, Pollock spins a hilariously acute tale of self-becoming and a feminist future. Fresh and unflinching, it is a sharp debut: immensely fun, deftly wise, and destined for high rotation.” – Vanessa Berry, author of Mirror Sydney

“An ode to friendship, community and where we belong, set to a dynamic soundtrack that manages to blend nostalgia with the here and now.” – Melina Marchetta, author of Looking for Alibrandi

“Kathy is a droll slacker of a narrator, peppering her first-person narration with, as she calls it herself, ‘disingenuously witty repartee’. Her voice is at times ironic and sarcastic but it can also be funny and light. A riot grrl High Fidelity, this feminist-slanted, self-aware coming-of-age story is a cross between Nick Hornby and Meg Bignell.” – Fay Helfenbaum, Weekly Book Newsletter

“I laughed out loud 5 times within the first 2 pages of Her Fidelity. As the title suggests the book is a take on the Nick Hornby classic High Fidelity but with a female perspective. That’s the bleedin’ obvious! Before you try to write this off as an imitation, consider the amount of classics that have been a take on another classic; West Side Story – Romeo and Juliet, 7 Samurai – the Magnificent 7. It is often the recontextualization that makes it salient. In this case us Y chromosome types get to have a good therapeutic laugh at ourselves while we see a perspective that should be bleedin’ obvious but for some reason isn’t.” – Kim Salmon, The Scientists and Beasts of Bourbon

“A love letter to and warning from her trade: the fun of like-minded workmates, meeting your musical heroes and having ex-roadies on hand to help you move furniture, balanced with the grind of peeling price stickers and being mansplained to by customers. It’s also, of course, a joyous, rollicking feminist riff off Nick Hornby’s famous lad-lit record-store novel.” – Jo Case, InDaily Review

“The author walks us through the journey that most women go through as part of their own coming-of-age story - namely, the realisation that just because something is liked by women doesnt necessarily make that thing inferior, and that being one of the girls can be even more empowering than pretending to be one of the boys. This book is the perfect pick-me-up, a hilarious heroine's journey to rock bottom and back, studded with enough indie rock and pop culture references to make it a worthwhile companion for a heart-warming case of nostalgia.” – The Novel Conversation

“Kath has managed to craft a work of fiction that delivers a richly rewarding plot with credible players. Her Fidelity is a feminist coming-of-age story full of hip and sassy humour, and charming to the end.’ – Roland Bisshop, Readings

“This can only be described as High Fidelity through the Aussie female gaze - Kathy's gaze. Set in an independent record store, this is a funny coming-of-age, confessional-style read. the soundtrack to Kathy's life only adds to her ups and downs.” – Who Weekly

“It's an absolute belter. Extremely funny. I loved it!” – Annabel Crabb, Chat10 Looks3

“Pollock’s characters are so realistically rendered, their mannerisms unmistakably familiar. Her boss is a mid-century-aligned chauvinist while her co-workers are kooky male personalities. Kathy herself is the literary poster-child for the hipster-gothic Dr Martens-wearing Newtownian walking down Sydney’s King Street on any given weekday: black nail polish; oversized band t-shirt; bike shorts. The dialogue has a snappy, anarchic energy. Her Fidelity is fun. If only there were more stories like this on the big screen.” –Jessie Tu, The Sydney Morning Herald

“Right from the first page, Katherine Pollock rejects patriarchal notions of femininity to create characters who are complex and imperfect. Heartfelt and deeply funny, Her Fidelity distils the messages from all your favourite songs.” –Hannah Vesey, Glass