A fable of the fickle nature of fortune.
Tag: Contemporary
Review: Auē by Becky Manawatu
Auē tears down the walls around New Zealand’s epidemic of domestic violence.
Review: Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez
A story of growing up black and queer in the UK.
Review: Detransition, Baby
Detransition, Baby is out to shake your notions of gender and family to their core.
Review: The Sunken Land Begins To Rise Again by M. John Harrison
A dense and watery novel about the madness of searching for meaning in our mad times.
Review: Born Into This by Adam Thompson
Born Into This is an effective demand to be heard.
Review: The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott
The Rain Heron is a fable about environmental exploitation.
Review: Revenge by S. L. Lim
A furious and thrilling novel about the “lives you might have had.”
Review: The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld
An accomplished novel that forensically examines misogyny in all its forms.
Review: Collisions (edited by Leah Jing McIntosh, Cher Tan, Adalya Nash Hussein and Hassan Abul)
Collisions aims to “shift the Australian imaginary”.
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