by NRB | 26 Apr 2018 | SFF |
The Fortress provides strong examinations of patriarchal values, toxic masculinity and the places to which these values can lead. This chilling, challenging, sexually explicit work of speculative fiction explores and eviscerates aspects of patriarchal thinking. It is...
by NRB | 13 Jan 2015 | Fiction |
A young woman searches for peace of mind as a past trauma refuses to stay buried in SA Jones’s new novel. Isabelle is a data analyst in the corporate world in Perth. After a promising start in the company, she is effectively derailed by an embarrassing mental meltdown...
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