Book Reviews
Supper Club by Lara Williams
A novel of appetites, where a ravenous club of women come together to indulge their hunger, satisfy their desires and take up space.
Always Will Be by Mykaela Saunders
Ambitious and thought-provoking in scope, this award-winning spec-fic collection tackles the idea of future sovereignty in the Tweed.
Dress Rehearsals by Madison Godfrey
Described as a “love story to the queer self”, Dress Rehearsals is a refreshingly confessional, enlightening and bold collection.
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.
Breath by Carly-Jay Metcalfe
In this powerful and humorous debut memoir, Metcalfe shares her story of CF and advocates for more honest conversations about death and dying.
Piglet by Lottie Hazell
A scintillating debut novel about one woman’s obsession with appearances – and what happens when it all comes crashing down.
The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan
Inspired by the author’s family history, this historical novel transports us to Malaya during World War II, where ordinary lives are swept up in espionage, betrayal and the quest for survival.
Others Were Emeralds by Lang Leav
This perceptive coming-of-age novel illuminates the impacts of war, racism and interpersonal conflict.
Monsoon Tiger and Other Stories by Rain Chudori
Rain Chudori’s debut short story collection explores love, loneliness and lost women.
My Brilliant Sister by Amy Brown
Through the story of Linda, Stella Miles Franklin’s forgotten sister, Brown explores the choices women face when they decide whether to pursue careers, passions and motherhood.
Desertion by Abdulrazak Gurnah
This masterful 2005 novel by Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah explores the personal and political legacies of colonisation through three interconnected stories.
The Funeral Cryer by Wenyan Lu
This debut offers a fresh, insightful and subtly humorous perspective on identity, grief and transformation in rural China.
The Flirtation of Girls / Ghazal el-Banat by Sara M Saleh
In this deeply personal and political collection, Saleh explores the experiences of three generations of her family, Arab-Australian Muslim women, moving between worlds.
Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran
This Miles Franklin-winning novel explores trauma, migration, racism and imperialism in Australia and Sri Lanka.
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.
The Best Australian Science Writing 2023 edited by Donna Lu
A fascinating anthology of all the latest science, from the climate crisis to genetic mutations to astronomy.
The Scope of Permissibility by Zeynab Gamieldien
A coming-of-age story that traverses faith, desire and double standards through the perspectives of three Australian Muslim university students.
The Secrets of the Huon Wren by Claire Van Ryn
This debut novel from awarded writer Claire Van Ryn follows the story of two women whose lives become intertwined in ways neither could have imagined.
Naming the Beasts by Elizabeth Morton
In this beautiful and brutal poetry collection, the boundaries between animal and human, subject and object, hunter and hunted, are not as we think.
City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita
All the residents of this isolated Alaskan city live in one high rise apartment building. When a gruesome murder takes place, everyone becomes a suspect.