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Review — 21 Apr 2024
Safe Haven by Shankari Chandran
Set in a detention centre in Port Camden, Safe Haven focuses on the lives of refugees after their perilous journeys. As Shankari Chandran writes, they trade the prison of the…
Review — 25 Jan 2024
Bird Life by Anna Smaill
Bird Life is a profoundly poignant and mesmerising second novel from Booker Prize-nominated Anna Smaill. Set in Tokyo, the novel follows two women, Dinah and Yasuko, who are dealing with…
Review — 23 Oct 2023
Tonight, I Burn by Katharine J. Adams
It isn’t easy to put out something that feels unique in Young Adult fiction, but I think Tonight, I Burn brings something refreshing and deeply intriguing to the category. Set…
Review — 25 Sep 2023
Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis
Capitalism is dead. What killed it? Ironically, capital itself. Yanis Varoufakis, economist and former finance minister of Greece, has been notorious for introducing widely controversial – though ultimately, quite accurate…
Review — 1 Sep 2023
Goddess Crown by Shade Lapite
Goddess Crown is a fantasy debut featuring lush imagery, immersive language, worldbuilding, and a captivating, fast-paced plot. A distant goddess rules the Kingdom of Galla, her teachings long since warped…
Review — 1 Sep 2023
Me, Her, Us by Yen-Rong Wong
Structured in three loose parts, Me, Her, Us examines themes of sex, community, and reconciliation of the Asian-Australian diaspora through witty and thoughtful narration. ‘Me’ delves into the topic of…
Review — 1 Sep 2023
The Modern by Anna Kate Blair
The Modern is a playful and introspective debut novel that interrogates queerness and urban social life through a lens of art history. Sophia is on the cusp of 30, living…
Review — 31 Jul 2023
But the Girl by Jessica Zhan Mei Yu
But the Girl is the latest in a series of Australian writers using fiction to tackle family history and legacy skilfully. It’s as much about the present state of the…
Review — 31 Jul 2023
Their Vicious Games by Joelle Wellington
Edgewater is a high school occupied exclusively by the rich and powerful. When Adina Walker, a Black middle-class daughter to two Edgewater professors, works her entire life to get a…
Review — 2 Nov 2022
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez & Megan McDowell (trans.)
Deeply unsettling yet riveting, Our Share of Night is the latest contribution from Argentine writer Mariana Enríquez to the Latin American horror genre. Tying together Argentinian folklore with occult canon…
