Ellen van Neerven conjures magic from trauma in this fluid collection full of warmth and light.
Author: James Whitmore
Review: Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor (translated by Sophie Hughes)
A brutal tale of murder, sex and witchcraft set in the steamy coastal plains of Mexico.
Review: The Tradition by Jericho Brown
The tradition is violation: of the land, of women, and especially black men’s bodies.
Review: The Adversary by Ronnie Scott
A story of gay frenemy-ship set in share-house inner Melbourne, uncovering uncomfortable truths about queer life and love.
Review: The Odyssey by Homer (translated by Emily Wilson)
While the story of The Odyssey is familiar, its narrative still feels more inventive than most contemporary novels.
Review: Fathoms by Rebecca Giggs
Fathoms is a book of philosophy and science that might shock us out of our lethargy towards nature.
Review: Bruny by Heather Rose
A fast-paced political thriller that hits perhaps little too close to home, and not necessarily for the right reasons.
Review: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Grapes Of Wrath remains a bracingly strange novel about ecological crisis eight decades after it was published.
Review: Shirl by Wayne Marshall
A whimsical, absurd and transgressive collection of stories about Australian masculinity.
Review: The Plague by Albert Camus
The Plague is understandably back on best-seller lists: the parallels with our current situation are striking.