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Morgan is My Name. Image is on the left, a woman sitting by the sea, dressed in black and looking moodily off to the side. On the right a book cover of a an illustrated with long hair and a flowing green robe, against a colourful backdrop.
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Book review: Morgan is My Name, Sophie Keetch

This sweeping saga is the first in a trilogy about one of the most compelling villains of Arthurian legend.

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Book review: Never Look Desperate, Rachel Matthews

A comedic novel that cradles emotional warmth at its core.

Gunasekera. Production still from ‘You're So Brave’. Photo: Rama Dolman. The image shows a female figure holding a microphone in the centre against a stage with red light and two projector panels on each side.
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Patrick Gunasekera and Georgi Ivers: two artists and their journeys in crip time

Care can come in the form of time, patience, flexibility and community engagement in a world that still poses so…

Lola in the Mirror. Image is book cover on left with headshot on writer of man with dark hair and jacket, and open necked shirt.
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Book review: Lola in the Mirror, Trent Dalton

Trent Dalton's latest novel looks in the mirror and finds violence and despair, but also hope and art.

We Only Want What's Best. Image is book cover with woman in sleeveless white dress arms akimbo and big earrrings.
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Book review: We Only Want What's Best, Carolyn Swindell

Turbulence and scandal in the dance world as seen from the perspectives of both parents and children.

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Book review: God Forgets About the Poor, Peter Polites

A sympathetic tale of one migrant’s experience.

New Australian Fiction 2023 cover, with editor Suzy Garcia
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Book review: New Australian Fiction 2023, edited by Suzy Garcia

The latest Kill Your Darlings short story collection captures the shifting shades of Australian identity.

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Book review: Sunbirds, Mirandi Riwoe

Set in the Dutch East Indies on the eve of World War II, this novel draws you in and keeps…

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Book review: Let's Never Speak of This Again, Megan Williams

This award-winning book is an enjoyable, insightful and distinctly Australian coming-of-age story.

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Book review: Vincent & Sien, Silvia Kwon

Forget your textbook knowledge of Vincent van Gogh.

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