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The White Cockatoo Flowers Stories. Image on left is a headshot of a man of Chinese appearance, with head turned towards the camera. On the right is a book cover, which is black with an illustration of a white sulphur crested cockatoo sitting on a branch of a pomegranate tree with a couple of the fruits above it.
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Book review: The White Cockatoo Flowers: Stories, Ouyang Yu

'The White Cockatoo Flowers; Stories' is the first collection of stories published by Chinese-Australian author Ouyang Yu in English.

Sanctuary. On the left is a full body author shot of a white man in black standing on a forest path with his hands in his pockets. On the right is the book cover of a dusty outback road heading into off towards the horizon.
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Book review: Sanctuary, Garry Disher

A gripping story of an unconventional thief who longs for normality.

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The Craft of Crime: in conversation with Sulari Gentill and Chris Hammer

The Friends of the National Library present two of Australia’s crime writers in conversation with crime fiction reviewer Anna Steele.

The Beauties. Image on left is a white woman with long wavy dark hair, wearing a brownish top in front of foliage. On the right is a book cover featuring a 17th century woman in a puffy blue dress holding a flower.
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Book review: The Beauties, Lauren Chater

An historical fiction set in the 17th century about female agency, art and power.

Whenever You're Ready. Image on left is a headshot of Trish Bolton, a middle aged woman with grey wavy shoulder length hair. On right is a pink book cover with an illustration of a table laid for tea with a teapot, watermelon and a banksia in a in jar. The title is in green and the author's name in white.
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Book review: Whenever You're Ready, Trish Bolton

A debut novel from a Melbourne-based author in which a trio of 70-something women take the spotlight.

Cool Water. On the left is a head shot of a woman with red lipstick and short dark hair, she is looking slightly defensively at the camera. On the right is a blue book cover of a fish in a jar and the title in yellow.
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Book review: Cool Water, Myfanwy Jones

Fathers and sons and how damage can be inherited.

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Book review: Always Will Be, Mykaela Saunders

Speculative fiction that foregrounds the Indigenous experience.

What I Would Do to You. On the left is an author headshot of a smiling Caucasian woman with large leaf-shaped dangly earrings, red lipstick and short red/brown hair with a fringe combed to one side. The book cover on the right has the title in big black letters over images of cut flowers.
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Book review: What I Would Do to You, Georgia Harper

What would you do if faced with the shocking conundrum explored here?

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