Review: Deep Water by James Bradley

How do you tell a story as big as the ocean?

Review: Plains Of Promise by Alexis Wright

Visions horrifying and beautiful.

Review: Only Sound Remains by Hossein Asgari

Intrigue in pre-Revolution Iran.

Review: Hospital by Sanya Rushdi (translated by Arunava Sinha)

‘Can people hear me think? Let them.’

The Art and Ethics of Jeffrey Smart

A life of art.

Review: The Swift Dark Tide by Katia Ariel

The costs and compromises of desire.

Review: Feast by Emily O’Grady

Grotesque and decadent.

Review: Iris by Fiona Kelly McGregor

The lesbian answer to Ned Kelly.

Review: Abandon Every Hope by Hayley Singer

Why don’t we speak or think of what happens in abattoirs and slaughterhouses?

Review: Body Friend by Katherine Brabon

A meticulous study of pain.