Posted on 18 Jan 2024 in Fiction |
The protagonist of Jessica Zhan Mei Yu’s debut novel is meant to be writing about Sylvia Plath and race, but finds herself in Scotland with writer’s block. I was meant to be writing a postcolonial novel. It had been an immigrant novel first but I...
Posted on 17 Jan 2024 in Fiction |
Homelessness, a mother and daughter on the lam – Trent Dalton’s third novel sprinkles magic dust on Brisbane’s grim underbelly. I was bothered by Lola in the Mirror. I enjoyed Trent Dalton’s earlier novels Boy Swallows Universe and All Our...
Posted on 16 Jan 2024 in Fiction |
Lavie Tidhar’s new novel spans generations and embodies the ideals, contradictions and brutality within the establishment of the State of Israel. Lavie Tidhar is both incredibly prolific and remarkably eclectic. In the last couple of years alone he...
Posted on 19 Dec 2023 in Fiction, Non-Fiction |
Which of our reviews did you enjoy the most in 2023? We’ve checked the stats and the results are in: here are our top 10 reviews of the year. Is your favourite among them? Or one of your favourite books? Or just a few things you’d like...
Posted on 14 Dec 2023 in Crime Scene, Fiction |
In Adrian Hyland’s latest crime novel, Jesse Redpath is back, stationed in a new town during a time of stormy weather. The much anticipated follow-up to Canticle Creek, The Wiregrass is set in the temperate rainforest area of Victoria in the...
Posted on 12 Dec 2023 in Non-Fiction |
Simon Butt reveals how and why corruption remains a problem at the highest levels of the Indonesian legal system. Simon Butt is a Sydney University law academic who has devoted much of his career to researching and writing on the operation of the...