by NRB | 5 Sep 2017 | Crime Scene |
Emma Viskic explores difference, and its consequences, in this sequel to Resurrection Bay. Even before Viskic’s debut novel Resurrection Bay won the 2016 Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction and an unprecedented three Davitt Awards, readers were impatiently...
by NRB | 20 Nov 2014 | Non-fiction |
2014 Davitt Award-winner Night Games uses the rape trial of an AFL player to frame an examination of the darker side of male sporting culture. Australians’ deep, absorbed love of sport is such that it plays no small role in helping shape our broader culture and...
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