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Tag: Contemporary

Review: Our New Gods by Thomas Vowles

Queasy, deranged fun.

Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, LGBTIQ, Melbourne, Novel, queer

Review: King Of Dirt by Holden Sheppard

Greasy, dusty, hot, sweaty fun.

Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, LGBTIQ, Novel, queer, Western Australia

Review: Translations by Jumaana Abdu

Structures of violence.

Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, Novel, Palestine, Stella Prize

Review: Theory & Practice by Michelle de Kretser

A post-structural post-colonial fairytale.

Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, Melbourne, Novel

Review: The Burrow by Melanie Cheng

Grief in the pandemic.

Australian, Contemporary, COVID-19, Fiction, Novel, Stella Prize

Review: The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischwili (translated by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin)

Epic family saga, surprisingly queer.

Authoritarianism, Contemporary, Europe, Family saga, Fiction, Georgia, Historical, International Booker Prize, Novel, Russia, Soviet Union

Review: Lola In The Mirror by Trent Dalton

Fairytale Australia.

Australian, Brisbane, Contemporary, Fiction, Novel

Review: Orbital by Samantha Harvey

A ride we can’t get off.

Contemporary, Fiction, Man Booker prize, Novel, Space, US

Review: Dirt Poor Islanders by Winnie Dunn

Tough love.

Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, Novel, Tonga, Western Sydney

Review: Host City by David Owen Kelly

Electrifying alternate history.

Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, HIV/AIDS, LGBTIQ, Novel, Sydney

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