Fiction
![Runt. Image is a young girl lying on a deck against an ottoman, with a book in her hands, but looking up at a grey haired dog above her standing on the ottoman. She is wearing a yellow top, pink dress and brown Blundstone boots.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Screen-Shot-2023-10-24-at-11.51.15-am.png?w=310)
Runt: Craig Silvey’s novel heads for the big screen
Jai Courtney, Celeste Barber and Deborah Mailman are among the cast for the forthcoming Australian film.
![Borderland. Image is two fold - on the left a bald headed Indigenous man in a blue shirt and dark jacket, on the right a book cover with a magpie looming over a young Indigenous boy.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/land.jpg?w=310)
Book review: Borderland, Graham Akhurst
A coming-of-age tale about a city-born Indigenous teenager.
![Late. Image is black and white author's headshot on left – clean shaven man with short hair and dark jacket. On the right is a pink book cover with a pencil outline drawing of a face.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/late-2.jpg?w=310)
Book review: Late, Michael Fitzgerald
A speculative 'what if?' novel inspired by Marilyn Monroe.
![The Pit. Image is a book cover on the left of a remote Australian red dirt setting and a shovel. On the left is the author's image, a head shot of a bald man.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/pap.jpg?w=310)
Book review: The Pit, Peter Papathanasiou
The Pit represents the latest contribution to Australian outback noir.
![The Modern. Twofold image shows young woman with long brown hair on the left and a book cover of a woman in a gallery on the right.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/mod-1.jpg?w=310)
Book review: The Modern, Anna Kate Blair
Set in and around New York's Museum of Modern Art, this debut explores not just art but sexuality, job precarity…
![Morgan is My Name. Image is on the left, a woman sitting by the sea, dressed in black and looking moodily off to the side. On the right a book cover of a an illustrated with long hair and a flowing green robe, against a colourful backdrop.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/morgan-2.png?w=310)
Book review: Morgan is My Name, Sophie Keetch
This sweeping saga is the first in a trilogy about one of the most compelling villains of Arthurian legend.
![never look desperate. image is red book cover on right with woman in black beret on left.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/des.jpg?w=310)
Book review: Never Look Desperate, Rachel Matthews
A comedic novel that cradles emotional warmth at its core.
![Gunasekera. Production still from ‘You're So Brave’. Photo: Rama Dolman. The image shows a female figure holding a microphone in the centre against a stage with red light and two projector panels on each side.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/0.jpg?w=310)
Patrick Gunasekera and Georgi Ivers: two artists and their journeys in crip time
Care can come in the form of time, patience, flexibility and community engagement in a world that still poses so…
![Lola in the Mirror. Image is book cover on left with headshot on writer of man with dark hair and jacket, and open necked shirt.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Lyndon-Mechielsen.jpg?w=310)
Book review: Lola in the Mirror, Trent Dalton
Trent Dalton's latest novel looks in the mirror and finds violence and despair, but also hope and art.
![We Only Want What's Best. Image is book cover with woman in sleeveless white dress arms akimbo and big earrrings.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/want.jpg?w=310)
Book review: We Only Want What's Best, Carolyn Swindell
Turbulence and scandal in the dance world as seen from the perspectives of both parents and children.