The Lost Arabs is a collection of cosmological, mystical poetry, a search for belonging and god in hell on earth.
Tag: Australian
Review: The Animals In That Country by Laura Jean McKay
The Animals In That Country is premised on the idea that if we could suddenly understand what are animals are saying, it would drive us insane.
Review: Mammoth by Chris Flynn
A mammoth and a tyrannosaurus skeleton find themselves in storage, setting the stage for a fascinating and ultimately moving romp through history.
Review: After Australia (edited by Michael Mohammed Ahmad)
“Australia is just a glitch,” writes Wiradjuri writer Hannah Donnelly. After Australia is a collection of speculative fiction that explores what Australia is, and could be.
Review: Truganini by Cassandra Pybus
In Truganini, historian Cassandra Pybus attempts to “release” a woman from colonial myth-making. It is a shattering book.
Review: Throat by Ellen van Neerven
Ellen van Neerven conjures magic from trauma in this fluid collection full of warmth and light.
Review: The Adversary by Ronnie Scott
A story of gay frenemy-ship set in share-house inner Melbourne, uncovering uncomfortable truths about queer life and love.
Review: Bruny by Heather Rose
A fast-paced political thriller that hits perhaps little too close to home, and not necessarily for the right reasons.
Review: Shirl by Wayne Marshall
A whimsical, absurd and transgressive collection of stories about Australian masculinity.
Review: There Was Still Love by Favel Parrett
A sweet and simple story about growing up in parallel worlds, Melbourne and Prague in 1980.
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