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![Two panels: Left is author Katerina Gibson who ha short dark hair. She is wearing a singlet and standing in front of a pale painting that has an image of a skull and a close up eye. The right panel is the cover of her book, with 'The Temperature' broken up against a swirly, multi-coloured background and a shadow of a person.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/gibson.jpg?w=310)
Book review: The Temperature, Katerina Gibson
Six characters whose lives intersect in a novel that takes the pulse of the times.
![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.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/baxter.jpg?w=310)
Book review: Woo Woo, Ella Baxter
An unsettling book about art and creativity ... and being stalked.
![Two panels. On left is author Kylie Mirmohamaadi. She has shoulder length blonde hair and is wearing a green top. On the right is the cover of her book. 'Diving, Falling' is in yellow font and cascades down. Beneath is a picture of a new, elegant house.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/falling.jpg?w=310)
Book review: Diving, Falling, Kylie Mirmohamadi
Grief, betrayal and taking back your own life is at the core of this debut novel.
![Two panels. On the left is a photo of author Stephen Downes, a man with salt and pepper hair, a white shirt, and dark jumper. On the right is the cover of this book, with 'Murals' in black font against a background of cherubs painted on the walls and ceilings.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/ste.jpg?w=310)
Book review: Mural, Stephen Downes
A charming psychopath beguiles with his anecdotes.
![Two panels. On the left is a man with white hair and sunglasses and a black shirt standing in front of a landscape. In the right is a cover of a book with 'Beam of Light' and 'John Kinsella' in white font against an image of a heron standing in a multicolour oil slick.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/kin2.jpg?w=310)
Book review: Beam of Light, John Kinsella
John Kinsella creates characters who are intensely, recognisably human in his collection of short stories.
![Here One Moment. Left panel is author shot of middle aged blonde Caucasian woman, wearing open necked white blouse under a dark jacket and smiling at the camera. Right panel is a book cover of a blurry blue background with red spots and some butterflies. here one moment.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/moment.jpg?w=310)
Book review: Here One Moment, Liane Moriarty
Liane Moriarty's latest book takes on the big themes of life and death, and looks set to be another bestseller.
![Two panels. On left is a woman with brown hair, glasses and a stripey blue and white top. On the right is cover of a book with 'Fiona McFarlane' in white font, 'Highway 13 in pink font' overlaid on image of a forest clearing with white birds.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/mcf.jpg?w=310)
Book review: Highway 13, Fiona McFarlane
Brilliant stories about ordinary people all connected to a series of crimes.
![Photo of a bald man looking sideways and below him in another photo, a man with long brown hair and a three-day growth. On the right side is a book cover in pink and black. With the words 'Keanu Reeves and China Mieville' in large pink font. There is a small illustration of a hooded man and a pig-like creature.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/reeve.jpg?w=310)
Book review: The Book of Elsewhere, Keanu Reeves and China MiévilleÂ
The film star and award-winning writer collaborate on a novel that successfully fleshes out Keanu Reeves’ 'BRZRKR' comic book universe.Â
![Young Asian woman is sitting at a desk with a book open in front of her but gazing off to the right as if lost in thought. Romantasy.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/sean-kong-r2WhdAwJPxM-unsplash-e1722835845357.jpg?w=310)
The rise of the romantasy genre, feminist fantasy and diversity in literature
With increasing positive depictions of Asian women in the media, it's time to also centre them in the romantasy genre.
![Two panels. On the left is a woman with grey hair wearing a short sleeve green top. On the right is the cover of a book with 'The Crag" written in yellow font and 'Claire Sutherland' in white font against a photo of a rock-climber hanging on to the edge of a cliff.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/suth.jpg?w=310)
Book review: The Crag, Claire Sutherland
A murder mystery set against the cliff faces of Mount Arapiles in Victoria brings new meaning to the term 'cliff-hanger'.