Review: Shirl by Wayne Marshall

A whimsical, absurd and transgressive collection of stories about Australian masculinity.

Review: Here Until August by Josephine Rowe

Here Until August is an intriguing collection of 10 short stories. They often feel haunted and uncanny.

I can’t say I enjoyed this book very much – it’s full of domestic tragedy – but I was impressed by its intensely claustrophobic mood.

Alice Munro is often said to be the modern master of short stories. I can see why.

Australia Day is a revealing and uncomfortable diagnosis of Australia’s multicultural insecurities.