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Tag: Australian

Review: Hold Your Fire by Chloe Wilson

I screamed, I cackled, I winced my way through these delicious short stories.

Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, Short stories

Review: Cold Coast by Robyn Mundy

Brings the excitement and adventure of living through the polar night to life.

Arctic, Australian, Fiction, Historical, Norway, Novel

Review: Marlo by Jay Carmichael

An evocative portrayal of queer life under oppression.

1950s, Australian, Fiction, Historical, Melbourne, Novel, queer

Best books I’ve read 2022

My favourite reads of the year.

Australian, Contemporary, End of year review, Environment, Fiction, LGBTIQ, Nonfiction, Novel, Poetry, queer, Year in review

Review: Desire by Jessie Cole

A delicate study of needs and desires.

Australian, Climate change, Environment, Memoir, Nonfiction

Review: Water Music by Christine Balint

A delicate novella about the production of art.

Australian, Female writers, Fiction, Historical, Italy, Music, Novella, Venice

Review: Against Disappearance (edited by Leah Jing McIntosh and Adolfo Aranjuez)

A challenging, demanding and exciting collection of nonfiction.

Australian, Essays, Indigenous writers, LGBTIQ, Nonfiction, Writers of colour

Review: Cold Enough For Snow by Jessica Au

A fine and exquisite novella about our most intimate relationships.

Australian, China, Fiction, Hong Kong, Japan, Novella

Review: Losing Face by George Haddad

A comin-of-age that troubles long after the final sentence.

Arabic writing, Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, Novel, queer, Western Sydney

Review: Homecoming by Elfie Shiosaki

A stunning reimagining of the archives to reveal the people within them.

Australian, Indigenous writers, Poetry, Stella Prize, Western Australia

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