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Tag: Tasmania

Review: Born Into This by Adam Thompson

Born Into This is an effective demand to be heard.

Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, Indigenous writers, Short stories, Tasmania

Review: Toxic by Richard Flanagan

Toxic is a polemic against Tasmania’s farmed salmon industry.

Environment, Nonfiction, Tasmania

Review: The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott

The Rain Heron is a fable about environmental exploitation.

Australian, Climate change, Contemporary, Environment, Fantasy, Fiction, Spec-fic, Tasmania

Review: A Treacherous Country by K. M. Kruimink

A strange and misty novel set in colonial Van Diemen’s Land.

Australian, Fiction, Historical, Novel, Tasmania

Review: Truganini by Cassandra Pybus

In Truganini, historian Cassandra Pybus attempts to “release” a woman from colonial myth-making. It is a shattering book.

Australian, Biography, Colonialism, Environment, History, Indigenous history, Nonfiction, Tasmania

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This collection of essays explores the uncertainty of living in a time where our impact on the environment has become entangled in all our experiences of nature.
Ronnie Scott’s first novel, The Adversary, is one of my favourite reads of the past couple of years. His new book, Shirley, cements him as one of my favourite writers.
18-year-old Colin, seeking adventure and escape from his quaint village life in 1970s Surrey, stumbles on his birthday over the ‘tasty’ older biker Ray in the woodlands of Box Hill in this taught, menacing and poignant novel.
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