“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.
Tag: Australian
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.
Review: See What You Made Me Do by Jess Hill
See What You Made Me Do goes beyond headlines to uncover the horrifying scale of domestic abuse in Australia.
Review: The Weekend by Charlotte Wood
A hilarious novel about mortality and ageing.
Review: The Yield by Tara June Winch
The Yield offers a generous and quietly radical vision of a possible Australia.
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