LEIGH BARDUGO Hell Bent. Reviewed by Amelia Dudley
Leigh Bardugo’s Alex Stern continues her adventures among Yale’s elite societies, picking up where Ninth House left off. ‘… This is what your magic is for,...
Read MoreLAURA BLOOM The Women and the Girls. Reviewed by Sally Nimon
Laura Bloom’s third novel for adults explores the social upheavals of 1970s Australia through the experiences of three women. For a certain kind of person,...
Read MoreCLAIRE THOMAS The Performance. Reviewed by Michelle McLaren
Set during a bushfire, Claire Thomas’s second novel juxtaposes the performance of a play with the inner lives of its audience. We turn to art for strange reasons....
Read MoreEMILY MAGUIRE Love Objects. Reviewed by Linda Godfrey
The sixth novel from the author of An Isolated Incident and Fishing for Tigers explores hoarding, shame and class. Narrated from the points of view of three people from...
Read MoreROBERT HORNE The Glass Harpoon. Reviewed by Ben Ford Smith
Robert Horne’s novel reveals uncomfortable truths about the violence of colonial Australia. In September 1848, between nine and eleven Aboriginal people were...
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