Laura Pettenuzzo

Laura Pettenuzzo (she/her) is a disabled writer based in Naarm. Her words have appeared in SBS Voices, ABC Everyday, Mascara Literary Review and The Guardian. She is also a member of the Victorian Disability Advisory Council.

Laura Pettenuzzo's Latest Articles

Two panels. On left is author Ella Baxter. She is seated, with long brown hair. She's all in black. On the right is the cover of her book. 'Woo Woo' is in yellow font. It's overlaying images of fruit.
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Book review: Woo Woo, Ella Baxter

An unsettling book about art and creativity ... and being stalked.

Laura Pettenuzzo

Sep 3, 2024
Two panels. On the left is a smiling woman with curly grey hair with her hands resting on the back of a chair. On the right is a photo of two young girls holding onto their mother. The woman's upper body is out of frame.
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Book review: Cleaved, Jane Cafarella

A memoir about familial separation and living with disability.

Laura Pettenuzzo

Aug 8, 2024
An Asian woman wearing glasses and a white shirt is standing in front of shrubbery. The Honeyeater.
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Book review: The Honeyeaters, Jessie Tu

Jessie Tu's second novel canvasses the relationship between mother and daughter, literary translation and betrayal and love.

Laura Pettenuzzo

Jul 2, 2024
Only the Astronauts. Image on left is a head and shoulders shot of a white 30-something woman with hair pulled back, a big smile and a black jacket with raised collar. On the right is the book cover, largely grey with two pink clad astronauts on the far left and right the one on the left looking in towards the other's back, and the one on the right looking off to the right.
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Book review: Only the Astronauts, Ceridwen Dovey

A highly imaginative collection of tales about inanimate objects in space.

Laura Pettenuzzo

May 28, 2024
The Beauties. Image on left is a white woman with long wavy dark hair, wearing a brownish top in front of foliage. On the right is a book cover featuring a 17th century woman in a puffy blue dress holding a flower.
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Book review: The Beauties, Lauren Chater

An historical fiction set in the 17th century about female agency, art and power.

Laura Pettenuzzo

Apr 16, 2024
Two panels. On the left a black and white portrait of author Gail Jones, a woman with long dark hair and a fringe. Right: cover of her book 'One Another'.
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Book review: One Another, Gail Jones

Gail Jones' latest novel shines a light darkly through the life of Joseph Conrad.

Laura Pettenuzzo

Feb 27, 2024
The Opposite of Success. Image is a black and white author's pic of a woman in a flowery blouse with glasses and shoulder length hair parted on the side, sitting with arms crossed on a table. She is smiling at the camera. On the right is a green and pink book cover with an illustration of a cheerless woman with her chin on her arm, behind a wine glass.
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Book review: The Opposite of Success, Eleanor Elliott Thomas

A witty and charming debut about motherhood, friendship and work in contemporary times.

Laura Pettenuzzo

Nov 23, 2023
Mood. Image is non-binary person with short dark hair and sleeveless black top sitting in a chair, right is a book cover of pastels, the word MOOD in large letters and a big black blob in the middle of it all.
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Book review: Mood, Roz Bellamy

Mood is a memoir that explores mental illness, queerness and relationships.

Laura Pettenuzzo

Oct 24, 2023
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Book review: The Hummingbird Effect, Kate Mildenhall

Four time lines that stretch from the past into the future follow characters as they navigate events beyond their control.

Laura Pettenuzzo

Aug 2, 2023
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Book review: The Crying Room, Gretchen Shirm

A (slow) moving meditation on the bonds and frays of family ties.

Laura Pettenuzzo

Jun 27, 2023
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