Although slow to get going, Dark Rise ably sets the scene for CS Pacat’s YA fantasy trilogy.
Tag: queer
Review: Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor
Brandon Taylor continues to explore Black, queer Midwest life.
Review: Permafrost by SJ Norman
A collection of haunted stories that unsettle like the melting permafrost of the title.
Review: Fourteen by Shannon Malloy
A harrowing memoir of growing up gay in regional Australia.
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: Revenge by S. L. Lim
A furious and thrilling novel about the “lives you might have had.”
Five new queer films to add to your watchlist
My pick of the recent Melbourne Queer Film Festival.
Review: The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.
A tremendously rewarding novel about love in the cruellest of places.
Review: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
A tale of despair, illness and poverty that captures the swooping highs and devastating lows of life.