Book Reviews
Celebrating Small Press Month: 8 Small Aussie Presses to Check Out
We are celebrating Small Press Month with a bunch of our favourite small Aussie presses: from cool indies to literary leviathans.
Stranger than Fiction: Memoirs and Biographies to Expand Your World
Check out these memoirs and biographies that have truly expanded our perspectives, ideas about the world, and each other.
Creepy Classics: Old, New and Consuming
Ghosts, murder, love affairs with vampires: things to get you in the mood for spooky season.
Women in Translation: 8 Translated Works to Discover this Month
From Bengali to Chinese, Korean to Russian, here are some fantastic reads for Women In Translation Month.
More Fiction to Get Your Hands On in 2023
Alongside fresh new literary voices, and epic tales from old favourites, there’s still a lot to look forward to in 2023.
Writers’ Festivals 2023: Our Hottest Picks For Your Bookshelves
Check out Elaine’s hot picks of books from authors in attendance across the Sydney and Melbourne Writers’ Festivals.
Pumped for Poetry: 8 New Collections We Can't Wait to Read in 2023
Check out these recent and forthcoming releases in Aussie poetry for 2023.
New Year, New Reads: Fiction We Can’t Wait to Read in 2023
Some hotly anticipated new fiction that has already captured our attention in 2023.
A Year in Review: Best Reads of 2022
Our in-house reviewer Elaine’s top picks of fiction and poetry for 2022.
Happy Halloween: 8 Books That Will Haunt You Long After Reading
Stay haunted with these top spooky reads for Halloween.
Double Trouble: 8 Books to Explore the Theme for Issue Four
Book recommendations to inspire your submissions to our Issue 4 callout.
8 (More) Poetry Collections We Can’t Wait to Read in 2022
Eight more poetry titles to surprise, delight and excite you in 2022.
8 (More) Fiction Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2022
Eight more fiction titles coming in red-hot in 2022!
NAIDOC Week 2022: Books to Help You Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!
NAIDOC Week recommendations that embody this roaring call to arms.
8 Flash Fiction Collections to Dip and Dive Into
Explore all the wild and wicked ways to write flash fiction with our picks of some of the best collections out there.
Sydney Writers Festival 2022: Top Picks For Your Reading List
Our top recommendations from the stellar lineup of the Sydney Writers Festival 2022!
8 Books For When You Need a Break From the News
Here are 8 books to get lost in when you need a break from the news - or even a shot of resilience.
Poetry We Can’t Wait to Read in 2022
A wrap of exciting and inspiring new poetry that caught our eye in 2022.
Fiction We Can’t Wait to Read in 2022 (Part One!)
A superb and hotly anticipated set of new reads for 2022.
End of Year Wrap Up: 8 Poetry Books You May Have Missed in 2021
Featuring some of the best poetry books that may have flown under your radar this year.