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The Island of Last Things review: Emma Sloley's book is about the last zoo in the world
The Island of Last Things asks what you would be prepared to risk for a better world.

A Catalogue of Love review: Erin Hortle's novel is a coming-of-age story set in Tasmania
A Catalogue of Love invites readers to think about the social and biological burdens on women.

U Want it Darker review: Murray Middleton's quietly heroic stories
Murray Middleton’s ‘artists in despair’ are not simply failures in U Want it Darker.

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’,…

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.

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.

The Revisionists review: Michelle Johnston's third novel is a masterpiece
Michelle Johnston's The Revisionists, is a powerful book about the complex responsibilities of journalism.