Fiction
Book review: After You Were Gone, Vikki Wakefield
A fast paced, perfectly plotted and brilliantly conceived psychological thriller.
Book review: Hopeless Kingdom, Kgshak Akec
From South Sudan to Australia, this award-winning novel tracks the journey of childhood, family and the migrant experience.
Book review: Seeing Other People, Diana Reid
A contemporary post-COVID queer love triangle.
Book review: Waypoints, Adam Ouston
This brilliant novel immerses the reader in the emotions and obsessions of its hero.
Admissions into art, language and mental health
A collection documenting mental health in Australia by a wide range of voices with lived experience.
Book review: Forestfall, Lyndall Clipstone
A lush and aesthetic YA Gothic fantasy.
Book review: The Snow Laundry, Mette Jakobsen
A dystopia that blends the familiar with the strange.
Book review: Moon Sugar, Angela Meyer
A genre-defying novel that plays around with concepts of loss, power and different realities.
Book review: Alchemy, Wendy Sharpe and Kate Forsyth
A creatively brilliant amalgamation of poetry and art.
Book review: Unnecessary Drama, Nina Kenwood
A delightful YA rom-com about moving out and growing up.