Non-Fiction
![Plot Twist. Jana Firestone. Image is on the left a young woman with shoulder length fair wavy hair parted in the middle and a leopard print top. She has one hand on her hip. On the right is a purple book cover with a looped pink arrow crossing the front over the title.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/jana-3.png?w=310)
Book review: Plot Twist, Jana Firestone
A self-help guide to surviving life’s curveballs.
![The Great Housing Hijack. On the left is an author upper body shot of a young man with stubbly facial hair, a smile and a grey shirt. On the right is the book cover featuring the title and a range of small houses floating on clouds.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/hijack.jpg?w=310)
Book review: The Great Housing Hijack, Cameron K Murray
A deconstruction of the housing debate and a proposal for a novel solution.
![The Silver River. On the left is an author shot of a middle-aged man wearing glasses and a black jumper, with a red beanie and grey beard with arms folded. He is standing in front of a panel in a recording studio. On the right is a black and white book cover with a close up of a three men, one in full face, two with just the halves of their faces. They are members of the band Midnight Oil. The book's title is over their faces.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/memoir.jpg?w=310)
Book review: The Silver River, Jim Moginie
A memoir from Midnight Oil's founding member explores Australia's shameful past adoption practices.
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Move over Millennials, it's time for older women writers to shine
Are the works of older women writers writing about their lives a new Australian publishing trend?
![Literary journal. A freshly sharpened pencil sits amid pencils shavings and a pencil sharpener on a blank page, suggesting the start of a new creative writing project.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/angelina-litvin-K3uOmmlQmOo-unsplash.jpg?w=310)
New literary journal set to enrich Australia's cultural landscape
The new journal is driven by Writers SA with the support of the state’s three universities and Arts South Australia.
![The Lucky Ones. On the left is a headshot of a smiling woman in a black top with shoulder length blonde hair. On the right is a book cover with the title across an orange life jacket.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/lucky.jpg?w=310)
Book review: The Lucky Ones, Melinda Ham
Six Australian immigration stories across time and place.
![Nat's What I Reckon. Book cover of recipe book with cheeky, long haired cook in a black T shirt and with a nose ring, pierced lower lip and neck tattoos, and the same author's headshot on the right.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/nat-6.jpg?w=310)
Book review: Smash Hits Recipes, Nat's What I Reckon
Simple, easily made recipes, served with a side of potty-mouthed humour and cooking tips.
![White male author Simon Barnard (left) with black book cover for James Hardy Vaux's 1819 Dictionary of Criminal Slang](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/James-Hardy-Vaux-1819-Dictionary-of-criminal-slang.jpeg?w=310)
Book review: 1819 Dictionary of Criminal Slang, James Hardy Vaux and Simon Barnard
Simon Barnard brings new light to a dictionary from the early days of Australia's colonisation.
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Book Review: Life Skills for a Broken World by Dr Ahona Guha
A practical guide to good psychological help to bring in the new year.
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Book Review: The Buddhist and the Ethicist, Peter Singer and Shih Chao-Hwei
A flawed and occasionally reprehensible dialogue between a Buddhist monastic and a moral philosopher on issues such as animal welfare,…