A sweet and simple story about growing up in parallel worlds, Melbourne and Prague in 1980.
Author: James Whitmore
I am a writer based in Melbourne. I’m interested in nature and the environment, and queer books.
Review: See What You Made Me Do by Jess Hill
See What You Made Me Do goes beyond headlines to uncover the horrifying scale of domestic abuse in Australia.
Review: The Weekend by Charlotte Wood
A hilarious novel about mortality and ageing.
Review: The Yield by Tara June Winch
The Yield offers a generous and quietly radical vision of a possible Australia.
Review: Here Until August by Josephine Rowe
Here Until August is an intriguing collection of 10 short stories. They often feel haunted and uncanny.
Review: Diving Into Glass by Caro Llewellyn
The story of a father and daughter, both touched by crippling illness.
Review: The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy
At the beating heart of this time-bending novel is love – platonic, romantic, parental – and its various betrayals.
Review: Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi
Celestial Bodies achieves a kind of literary perfection.
Review: Watchtower by Elizabeth A. Lynn
A strange, rather beautiful and ultimately quietly devastating novel.
How gay is the Iliad?
In the spirit of speculating about sexuality (something that is only ok for ancient fictional characters!), here’s a ranking of Iliad retellings by gayness.
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