Posted on 20 Apr 2023 in Non-Fiction |
Julianne Schultz finds difficult truths – and some hope – in her examination of the Australian psyche. Is it a good thing to be racist? For one group of people to believe they are superior to others and to act accordingly in the name of creating a...
Posted on 18 Apr 2023 in Fiction |
Translated from the original Swedish, Stolen reveals the dangers – and prejudice – faced by the reindeer-herding Sami people. This is gentle but strong story about Elsa, a young Sami woman, growing up in her homeland, Sampi, in the Arctic...
Posted on 13 Apr 2023 in Fiction |
Kylie Needham’s debut novel contemplates what happens when a muse is also an artist. The ‘girl in a pink dress’ is Frances, a young art student who charms her tutor (twice her age) and becomes his muse. The trope of the older male artist and...
Posted on 11 Apr 2023 in Fiction, SFF |
The first of Brandon Sanderson’s ‘secret novels’ delivers a resourceful heroine on an epic quest. During the pandemic, prolific fantasy author Brandon Sanderson found he had more time on his hands and, as he puts it, ‘Brandon +...
Posted on 6 Apr 2023 in Fiction |
Ronnie Scott’s second novel explores themes of abandonment, attachment and the idea of home. Characterised from the beginning by a sense of uncertainty, Shirley is a novel where anything can happen, and probably will. Names are ambiguous, sexuality...
Posted on 4 Apr 2023 in Fiction |
The new novel from the award-winning author of Winter in Sokcho explores the lives of Koreans living in Japan. At first, the language of this novel seems spare and abrupt, but gradually it draws you into the strange, disconnected life of the...