Ashleigh Meikle
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Book review: Hurdy Gurdy, Jenny Ackland
A dystopian Australia sees women's bodies policed and subjugated.
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Book review: The Star on the Grave, Linda Margolin Royal
A novel inspired by the 'Japanese Schindler' and the author's personal ties to his wartime actions.
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Book review: The Scope of Permissibility, Zeynab Gamieldien
A debut novel tracks the lives of a trio of friends as they explore university life and their Muslim faith.
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Book review: Traced, Catherine Jinks
The crime writer is back with another suspenseful thriller that leverages a COVID contact tracer as part of the plot.
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Book review: House of Longing, Tara Calaby
An historical fiction that navigates the world of women in Victorian asylums.