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

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Review: Nicolas Pages by Guillaume Dustan (translated by Peter Valente and James Horton)

Pure creative force.

1990s, Classics, Fiction, France, HIV, LGBTIQ, Novel, queer

Review: Black Convicts by Santilla Chingaipe

Australia’s convict history has been whitewashed.

Australian, Colonialism, History, Nonfiction, Slavery

Review: King Of Dirt by Holden Sheppard

Greasy, dusty, hot, sweaty fun.

Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, LGBTIQ, Novel, queer, Western Australia

Review: Translations by Jumaana Abdu

Structures of violence.

Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, Novel, Palestine, Stella Prize

Review: Stag Dance by Torrey Peters

Barnstorming fictions that detonate gender shibboleths.

Fiction, Historical, LGBTIQ, Novella, queer, Speculative, Trans writing, US

Review: Theory & Practice by Michelle de Kretser

A post-structural post-colonial fairytale.

Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, Melbourne, Novel

Review: The Burrow by Melanie Cheng

Grief in the pandemic.

Australian, Contemporary, COVID-19, Fiction, Novel, Stella Prize

Review: Cactus Pear For My Beloved by Samah Sabawi

A portrait of life in Gaza.

Biography, Family history, Gaza, Nonfiction, Palestine

Review: Astraea by Kate Kruimink

History as a foreign country.

Australian, Fiction, Historical, Novella

Review: The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischwili (translated by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin)

Epic family saga, surprisingly queer.

Authoritarianism, Contemporary, Europe, Family saga, Fiction, Georgia, Historical, International Booker Prize, Novel, Russia, Soviet Union

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