Fiction
Toiling with hearts and hands
Boundless: the festival for diverse writers and readers returns (online).
Jane Austen: evergreen (i)con
Austen Con 21 returns with a hybrid live and digital model.
Book review: The Shadow House, Anna Downes
A slow-burning thriller about a mother’s worst nightmare.
Cancelled festival turns into podcasts
Melbourne Writers Festival launches podcasts and First Nation events.
Book review: Love & Virtue, Diana Reid
Peeling back the layers of consent and morality.
Why bookshops are good for you
Browsing in bookshops is good for our psychological health, making Love Your Bookshop Day all the more important.
Book review: Wild Abandon, Emily Bitto
Bitto's new novel is about biting hedonism and its unpalatable aftermath.
Book review: The Rabbits, Sophie Overett
A debut novel that will transport you into the contemporary world of suburban Brisbane with an extra twist.
Book review: The Dogs, John Hughes
An ambitious and complex novel of love, life and death from a Miles Franklin shortlisted author.
Book review: Self/less, Aviva
A dystopian YA novel set in a city where self-expression is illegal