Book Reviews
My Tidda, My Sister by Marlee Silva
A compilation of heartfelt stories of resilience and strength from Australia’s First Nations women.
Sadvertising: Stories From the Margins of Creativity by Ennis Ćehić
This debut short story collection is a weird, surreal and utterly inventive metaverse of the advertising world.
Ghost Lover by Lisa Taddeo
In this collection of raw and real short stories, Taddeo brings us another ferocious does of female desire and competition.
Homesickness by Janine Mikosza
This raw, honest memoir explores memory, truth and trauma - and how to write about them.
Animal Behaviour by Amanda McLeod
A compelling debut collection that deftly explores the uncanny way humans can (and often do) behave like animals.
Cold Enough For Snow by Jessica Au
A mother-daughter relationship takes centre stage in this quiet and unassuming novella about the unreliability of memory.
Losing Face by George Haddad
Losing Face is a powerful, gripping tale that explores the Lebanese-Australian immigrant experience, masculinity and intergenerational trauma.
Happy Stories, Mostly by Norman Erikson Pasaribu
This debut short story collection from a queer Indonesian writer explores longing, loss and missed chances.
Permafrost by SJ Norman
A brilliant and haunting collection of short fiction that exposes the darker, mythical underbelly of reality.
Clean by Scott-Patrick Mitchell
Scott-Patrick Mitchell’s debut full-length poetry collection explores the experience of addiction through to healing.
Son of Sin by Omar Sakr
Spanning Australia, Turkey, and Lebanon, this novel charts one man’s reckoning with identity, family and religion.
Scary Monsters by Michelle de Kretser
A profoundly smart, satiric and thrilling novel from two-time Miles Franklin Award winner.
Tiny Moons: A Year of Eating in Shanghai by Nina Mingya Powles
This food memoir is a beautiful ode to culture, exploration, growth and personal acceptance.
Echoes by Shu-Ling Chua
This poetic and nimble collection of personal essays was the winner of the Small Press Network’s Book of the Year Award in 2021.
Danged Black Thing by Eugen Bacon
The mystical and the dystopian converge in these speculative short stories that explore family, womanhood, migration and tradition.
Every Day is Gertie Day by Helen Meany
Winner of the 2021 Viva La Novella Prize, Meany’s debut is a quirky, intelligent and entertaining tale not to be missed.
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Fuad’s debut poetry collection won the Donald Hall Prize for Poetry and crackles with brilliance and originality.
Send Nudes by Saba Sams
In ten quietly assertive stories, Saba Sams’ debut allows its reader a glimpse into the messiness and painful contradictions of girlhood.
Love & Virtue by Diana Reid
A campus novel that disects consent, privilege, sexism and morality - and, ultimately, who gets to tell a story and how.
The Moutains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
This soaring, heartfelt and scorching historical novel follows the history of the Tran family during the Vietnam War.