Reviews
Book review: Your Duck is My Duck by Deborah Eisenberg
Eisenberg can pack all the emotion and insights of a novel into a single short story.
Book review: The Adversary by Ronnie Scott
The highly anticipated first novel from founding editor of The Lifted Brow, Ronnie Scott.
Book review: The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay
The Animals in That Country is an eerily prescient story of a novel virus which leaves those affected with the…
Book review: Cherry Beach by Laura McPhee-Browne
An accomplished tale of female friendship notable for its queer representation.
Book review: I am Change by Suzy Zail
I Am Change is a novel based in truth, and is inspired by the many stories writer Suzy Zail collected…
Book review: Shirl by Wayne Marshall
Marshall fuses Australiana with magical realism by blending beast, man, fact and fiction in his debut short story collection.
Book review: The Future of Us by Liz Allen
for social researcher Liz Allen, the study of population, or ‘demography’, is like a real-life Choose Your Own Adventure.
Book review: Tony Wheeler's Islands of Australia by Tony Wheeler
This is a book for the traveller, the hiker, the swimmer, the diver, and – in a timely coincidence –…
Book review: The Simple Shift by Chris Helder
The Simple Shift will come in handy right now for anyone struggling as a result of social isolation.
Book review: Death of a Typographer by Nick Gadd
Death of a Typographer is a Melbourne-noir murder mystery with a successfully fantastical and complex plot.