Photojournalist and gambler Maali Almeida is dead. He wakes with no memory in a white waiting room where Helpers try … More
Author: James Whitmore
I am a writer based in Melbourne. I’m interested in nature and the environment, and queer books.
Review: Waypoints by Adam Ouston
A soaring novel that conjures awe and wonder.
Review: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
A compelling depiction of yearning.
Review: The Right To Sex by Amia Srinivasan
Clear-sighted essays on the most urgent issues in feminism today.
Review: Macunaíma by Mário de Andrade (translated by Katrina Dodson)
A shape-shifting romp through Brazil.
Review: Root And Branch by Eda Gunaydin
A compelling search for origins.
Review: Hydra by Adriane Howell
A many-headed mystery of a novel.
Review: Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright
A vast, “open-wound theatre” that peers deep into a continent’s soul.
Review: We Come With This Place by Debra Dank
A rich and beautiful history of family and place.
Review: Alec by William di Canzio
A sexy flip of E. M. Forster’s illicit queer romance.