Fiction
Book review: Why We Are Here, Briohny Doyle
A hilarious and devastating window into the transformative impacts of love and grief.
Book review: But the Girl, Jessica Zhan Mei Yu
This delightful debut is a literary coming-of-age story.
Book review: Body Friend, Katherine Brabon
A tenderly written exploration of the body through the lens of living with chronic illness.
Book review: A Light in the Dark, Allee Richards
An examination of the aftershocks of power and its abuse.
Book review: The Sitter, Angela O’Keeffe
A multilayered novel about the wife of French artist Paul Cezanne becomes a dual portrait of two women a century…
Book review: West Girls, Laura Elizabeth Woollett
Sharp and clever, West Girls dives into the murky world of modelling.
Book review: Songs for the Dead and the Living, Sara M Saleh
A powerful story about what it means to find home and identity among conflict and migration.
Burning questions
Author Melanie Saward reflects on the evolution of her first novel, ‘Burn’, and what happens when Indigenous kids are severed…
Book review: Restless Dolly Maunder, Kate Grenville
Kate Grenville’s latest novel considers the life of her maternal grandmother.
Book review: Perfect-ish, Jessica Seaborn
A novel of light and dark tones, this 'anti rom-com' book explores how the grass is always greener elsewhere.