Pure creative force.
Review: Black Convicts by Santilla Chingaipe
Australia’s convict history has been whitewashed.
Review: King Of Dirt by Holden Sheppard
Greasy, dusty, hot, sweaty fun.
Review: Translations by Jumaana Abdu
Structures of violence.
Review: Stag Dance by Torrey Peters
Barnstorming fictions that detonate gender shibboleths.
Review: Theory & Practice by Michelle de Kretser
A post-structural post-colonial fairytale.
Review: The Burrow by Melanie Cheng
Grief in the pandemic.
Review: Cactus Pear For My Beloved by Samah Sabawi
A portrait of life in Gaza.
Review: Astraea by Kate Kruimink
History as a foreign country.
Review: The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischwili (translated by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin)
Epic family saga, surprisingly queer.