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Tag: Novel

Review: Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar

An intimate, clear-sighted epic of Australian colonialism.

Australian, Colonialism, Fiction, Historical, Indigenous history, Novel

Review: Shirley by Ronnie Scott

Ronnie Scott renders pre-pandemic life scintillatingly strange.

Australian, Contemporary, COVID-19, Fiction, LGBTIQ, Melbourne, Novel

Review: Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones

Taught and supple as leather, menacing and poignant.

British, Contemporary, Fiction, LGBTIQ, Novel, queer

Review: The Island Of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

A sweeping, grandiose tale of love and war.

Contemporary, Cyprus, Fiction, Novel, Romance, Turkey, UK, War

Review: When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solà (translated by Mara Feye Lethem)

A short, elemental novel pulsing with the rhythms of time.

Contemporary, Environment, Fiction, Historical, nature, Novel, Spain

Review: White Noise by Don DeLillo

A bracing dose of retro-strangeness.

1980s, America, Fiction, Novel, speculative fiction, US

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: Tomb Of Sand by Geetanjali Shree (translated by Daisy Rockwell)

An epic novel that pushes at the boundedness of things.

Contemporary, Fiction, India, LGBTIQ, Man Booker International, Novel, queer, Transgender, Translation

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