Fiction
Book review: Women & Children, Tony Birch
Tony Birch's latest novel canvasses violence, race and religion.
Book review: Maude Horton’s Glorious Revenge, Lizzie Pook
An intriguing though somewhat far-fetched historical fiction.
Book review: Feast, Emily O'Grady
An unsettling, creepy story about dysfunctional families and slowly unravelling secrets.
Theatre review: You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Geelong Arts Centre
A vibrant production of the Charlie Brown franchise offers outstanding performances, but some outdated tropes.
Why writing 'cli-fi' might relieve your eco-anxiety
How does writing fiction focused on climate change impact those who write it? Dr Rachel Hennessy, Alex Cothren and Amy…
Book review: Burn, Melanie Saward
A powerful debut fiction that reveals unsettling answers to 'Why are good kids misbehaving?'.
Book review: The Furphy Anthology 2023, edited by Joanne Holliman
These 16 stories were drawn from over 600 entries to the annual short story competition.
Book review: The Collected Regrets of Clover, Mikki Brammer
A debut about a death doula, who learns how to embrace the mystery of life, has unique promise, but the…
When crime fiction helps literacy in Tasmania
A crime fiction book that's deliberately easy to read is targeted at helping Tasmania's literacy problems.
Romance as BookTok feminism? Australian authors disrupting the form
Competing with BookTok's global success and the traditional misogynistic response towards romance books, Australian authors are looking to innovate.