A urgent stocktake of the Black Summer, which burned a fifth of Australia’s forests.
Review: An Episode Of Sparrows by Rumer Godden
A novel about gardening that is also what it takes to rebuild.
Review: Born Into This by Adam Thompson
Born Into This is an effective demand to be heard.
Review: Witness by Louise Milligan
A blistering indictment of the treatment of victims of sex crimes by the legal system.
Review: Minor Detail by Adania Shibli (translated by Elisabeth Jaquette)
A short, seething and immaculate novel about what it’s like living in Israeli occupied Palestine.
Review: Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock
An intriguing fantasy drawing on forest myths that is burdened by an unfortunate attitude to women.
Review: Toxic by Richard Flanagan
Toxic is a polemic against Tasmania’s farmed salmon industry.
Review: The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott
The Rain Heron is a fable about environmental exploitation.
Review: Eating With My Mouth Open by Sam van Zweden
Eating With My Mouth open is an investigation of food, body and memory, and all the things they can mean.
Review: Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald
A virtuosic collection of essays about the meanings we invest in nature and animals.
