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A blog about books and writing, through rainbow-tinted glasses. Every book gets a gay rating.

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Review: The Long Prospect by Elizabeth Harrower

Astute social observation.

1950s, Australian, Classics, Fiction, Newcastle, Novel

Review: Annah, Infinite by Khairani Barokka

Expanding the frame.

Art, Colonialism, Disability, ecology, Indonesia, Nonfiction

Review: Bush Studies by Barbara Baynton

Visions of harsh life.

Australian, Classics, Fiction, Short stories

Review: Bird Deity by John Morrissey

Visions strange and disturbing.

Australian, Colonialism, Contemporary, Fiction, Indigenous writers, Novel, Speculative

Review: Hunger And Predation by Pooja Mittal Biswas

Animal forces.

Australian, Poetry, Western Sydney

Review: Firelight by John Morrissey

Lingering unease.

Australian, Contemporary, Indigenous writers, Short stories, Spec-fic, Speculative

Review: Sublimate by J. M. Tolcher

Sex and creation.

Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, gay, LGBTIQ, Novel

Review: Mother Mary Comes To Me by Arundhati Roy

Using privilege.

India, Memoir, Nonfiction, Politics, writing

Review: Chosen Family by Madeleine Gray

Friends-to-lovers with a twist.

Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, LGBTIQ, Novel, queer

Review: Foal’s Bread by Gillian Mears

Lightning strikes again and again.

Australian, Classics, Fiction, Novel

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