Fiction

Book review: Borderland, Graham Akhurst
A coming-of-age tale about a city-born Indigenous teenager.

Book review: Late, Michael Fitzgerald
A speculative 'what if?' novel inspired by Marilyn Monroe.

Book review: The Pit, Peter Papathanasiou
The Pit represents the latest contribution to Australian outback noir.

Book review: The Modern, Anna Kate Blair
Set in and around New York's Museum of Modern Art, this debut explores not just art but sexuality, job precarity…

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.

Book review: Never Look Desperate, Rachel Matthews
A comedic novel that cradles emotional warmth at its core.

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…

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.

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.

Book review: God Forgets About the Poor, Peter Polites
A sympathetic tale of one migrant’s experience.