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Tenderfoot review: Toni Jordan's engrossing page-turning saga
Tenderfoot is told from the point of view of 12-year-old Andie Tanner as remembered by her very much older self.
All the Way to the River review: Elizabeth Gilbert gets personal again
All the Way to the River chronicles Gilbert's decades-long friendship and romance with Rayya Elias.
The Wolf Who Cried Boy review: Mark Mupotsa-Russell’s heart-wrenching second novel
A six-year-old child’s reality blurs with fantasy in The Wolf Who Cried Boy.
The Farm review: Jessica Mansour-Nahra’s page-turning gothic thriller
Jessica Mansour-Nahra's The Farm poses troubling questions about the cycle of domestic violence, motherhood, and female bodily autonomy.
Katabasis review: R F Kuang latest book is clever and absurd
It is rare to encounter a story that can be described as both ‘light imaginative escapism’ and ‘dense philosophical exploration’,…
Our New Gods by Thomas Vowles review: a sexy queer debut novel set in Melbourne
Our New Gods moves what could have been a predictable coming-of-age story in an exciting new direction.
Arborescence review: Rhett Davis' novel takes 'tree change' to a new level
Arborescence is speculative fiction at its best: an end-of-world story that offers green leaves of hope.
Sister Bullwinkel review: a biography by Lynette Ramsay Silver tackles the truth after 80 years
Lynette Ramsay Silver’s account about Sister Bullwinkel, Australia's wartime nurse, makes for grim reading, but we shouldn’t look away.
The Far Side of the Moon and Other Stories: former journalist Jana Wendt's new book
Jana Wendt, the longstanding journalist, has now turned to fiction in her book The Far Side of the Moon and…
The Visitor review: Rebecca Starford's novel is Queensland gothic
Rebecca Starford's The Visitor is about ghosts we can't run away from.
