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

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Author: James Whitmore

I am a writer based in Melbourne. I’m interested in nature and the environment, and queer books.

Review: Rock Flight by Hasib Hourani

Lithe and shape-shifting.

Australian, Colonialism, Israel, Palestine, Poetry

Review: Leaping Into Waterfalls by Bernadette Brennan

Why isn’t Gillian Mears a household name?

Australian, Biography, Female writers, Literature, Nonfiction

Review: Federico García Lorca (translated by J. L. Gili)

The spirit of the land.

20th Century, Poetry, Spain

Review: Host City by David Owen Kelly

Electrifying alternate history.

Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, HIV/AIDS, LGBTIQ, Novel, Sydney

Review: A Language Of Limbs by Dylin Hardcastle

Sliding Doors with a queer Australian twist.

Australian, Fiction, Historical, LGBTIQ, Newcastle, Novel, Sydney

Review: Dancer From The Dance by Andrew Holleran

No queen is left unstoned.

Classics, Fiction, gay, LGBTIQ, New York, Novel

Best books I’ve read 2024

Books to prevent enshittification.

Australian, Classics, Colonialism, Contemporary, End of year review, Environment, Fiction, Historical, Indigenous writers, LGBTIQ, Nonfiction, Novel, Poetry, Stella Prize, Year in review

Review: Naag Mountain by Manisha Anjali

Be taken into the dreamworld.

Colonialism, Fiji, India, Pacific, Poetry

Review: Detachable Penis by Sam Elkin

The boundary between the professional and personal is arbitrary.

Australian, Contemporary, LGBTIQ, Memoir, Transgender

Review: Anam by André Dao

History as speculative fiction.

Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, Historical, Novel, Refugees, Vietnam, War

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