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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: Human/Nature by Jane Rawson

What do we mean when we say ‘nature’?

Animals, Conservation, Ethics, Extinction, nature, Nonfiction

Review: Orbital by Samantha Harvey

A ride we can’t get off.

Contemporary, Fiction, Man Booker prize, Novel, Space, US

Review: Both by Douglas Crase

Art as science, science as art.

Art, Biography, Botany, LGBTIQ, New York, Plants, queer, science, Taxonomy, US

Review: Dirt Poor Islanders by Winnie Dunn

Tough love.

Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, Novel, Tonga, Western Sydney

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

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