BRIOHNY DOYLE Why We Are Here. Reviewed by Sally Nimon

BRIOHNY DOYLE Why We Are Here. Reviewed by Sally Nimon

Briohny Doyle’s third novel explores the impact of multiple losses in a single life, exacerbated by the effects of the pandemic. ‘What should survive and how? And how do you know when survival has transpired?’ This is the central question posed in Why We Are Here, the...
NRB readers’ favourites for 2021

NRB readers’ favourites for 2021

Which were the reviews you enjoyed the most this year? We’ve come up with the ten most popular reviews we’ve run this year, based on reader views. Inevitably it skews a little to reviews we ran earlier in the year (as there has been more time for readers to...
BRIOHNY DOYLE Echolalia. Reviewed by Amy Walters

BRIOHNY DOYLE Echolalia. Reviewed by Amy Walters

The new novel from Briohny Doyle, author of The Island Will Sink and Adult Fantasy, explores motherhood and capitalism. In 2015, 35- year-old mother of seven Akon Guode drove her car into a lake in Melbourne’s outer west, resulting in the deaths of three of her...