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What we’re reading: Chang, Ganeshananthan

Each week our wonderful staff share the books that they've been enjoying.

Tracy is reading Hunger by Lan Samantha Chang

Hunger is a collection of one novella (the title story) and five short stories, all centred on the Chinese-American immigrant experience. Because the blurb says it better than I can, I will just steal a line from it: ‘Chang untangles…

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Best Australian books of the 21st century

The literary world has been buzzing with conversations about The New York Times’ recently announced 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. As fierce advocates for Australian literature we were disappointed not to see any of our own remarkable writers on the list . . . and as fierce advocates for Australian literature we’ve decided to do something…

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The Davitt Awards shortlist 2024

Sisters in Crime has announced the shortlists for the 2024 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women! Here are the shortlisted titles in each category:

Adult crime novels

The Chasm by Bronwyn Hall

The Tea Ladies by Amanda Hampson

The Half Brother by Christine Keighery

Prima Facie by Suzie Miller

Exquisite Corpse by Marija Peričić

The Fall

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