Fiction

Book review: Barren Cape, Michelle Prak
A thriller about youth homelessness with unpredictable swerves in the narrative.

Book review: The Sex Lives of Married Women, Saman Shad
A frank survey of female friendships, marriage and motherhood.

Book Review: The Confidence Woman, Sophie Quick
With her debut novel, Sophie Quick jumps into the character of an online scammer, satirising online culture, real estate and…

Book review: First Name Second Name, Steve MinOn
A family history traced through time, like journey lines on a map, infuses Steve MinOn’s debut novel with a ghostly,…

Book review: Wild Dark Shore, Charlotte McConaghy
A mystery literary fiction seeded in climate change.

Book review: Signs of Damage, Diana Reid
Trauma unpacked in shifting perspectives.

Book review: Better Days, Claire ZornÂ
Modern womanhood in all its messiness.

Book review: Love Unedited, Caro Llewellyn
An obsessive love affair with a famous writer... What happens when fact and fiction intertwine.

Book review: Sunny at the End of the World, Steph Bowe
A clever and endearing story of survival in a world that has drastically changed.

Book review: The Boy from the Sea, Garrett Carr
An abandoned baby is found and adopted into a struggling family.