Clare Millar
Clare Millar is the children's specialist at Readings Malvern
Review — 2 Mar 2021
Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen
I cannot speak highly enough of contemporary Australian poetry, and Evelyn Araluen’s debut collection Dropbear is no exception. Araluen is the recipient of several awards and fellowships, including the Nakata…
Review — 1 Oct 2020
Song of the Crocodile by Nardi Simpson
Song of the Crocodile was the winner of the 2018 blak&write! writing fellowship, which serves to find and develop outstanding unpublished manuscripts by Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander writers. Song…
Review — 6 Sep 2020
Hysteria by Katerina Bryant
I’m an avid reader of Australian debut writing, especially from younger authors. If you haven’t heard of it, Voiceworks is a literary journal produced by and for writers and artists…
Review — 29 Jan 2019
An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma
Chigozie Obioma received international acclaim for his first novel The Fishermen, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2015, won several international prizes for emerging writers, and…
Review — 23 Sep 2019
The Weekend by Charlotte Wood
Charlotte Wood is an accomplished Australian writer. She won the 2016 Stella Prize for her feminist dystopian novel The Natural Way of Things, which received many other awards as…
Review — 19 Aug 2019
The Old Lie by Claire G. Coleman
Claire G. Coleman’s debut novel, Terra Nullius, made waves as it was shortlisted for the 2018Stella Prize, along with many other awards. This year she’s back with a new…
Review — 24 Jun 2019
Hearing Maud: A Journey for a Voice by Jessica White
Hearing Maud is a compelling work of creative nonfiction. In many ways, this is a book about the power of language, of writing, and of finding one’s own voice. Jessica…
