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Two panels. On the left is a black and white photo of a woman who is looking to the right hand side. She has her hair in a bun and wears glasses. On the right panel is the cover of a book, 'The Theory of Everything.' it's yellow with swirls of other colours and patterns and a figure of a red headed woman in the centre.
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Book review: The Theory of Everything, Yumna Kassab

Ambitious and far-ranging in scope, the book defies easy categorisation.

Two panels. On the left is a woman with brown hair and wearing a swirly brown tone top and tan pants. On the right is the cover of a book, 'The Good Daughter'' with a black and white photo of a young girl playing the violin.
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Book review: The Good Daughter, Kumi Taguchi

A memoir of the SBS journalist's struggle to understand her Japanese heritage.

Two panels. On left is a young woman with brown hair and black top. On the right is cover of a book, 'Wait for me'. It features a colourful illustration of two women.
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Book review: Wait Here, Lucy Nelson

A collection of stories exploring the topic of childlessness.

Two panels. On the left is an Asian woman with short hair and glasses wearing a black top. On the right is the cover of a book, 'Joss: A History." It's cream with some faint fingerprints on the ediges.
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Book review: Joss: A History, Grace Yee

Yee's book pays tribute to early Chinese settlers in Australia and New Zealand.

Two panels. On the left is a woman in black with blonde hair. On the right is cover of a book 'Foreign Country' which shows a flora illustration and a small upside car mid-air.
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Book review: Foreign Country, Marija Peričić  

Marija Peričić delivers a superlative third novel.

Two panels. On the left is a woman with light brown shoulder-length hair in a black top. On the right is the cover of a book, 'A beautifiul family', which has a coastal sea setting.
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Book review: A Beautiful Family, Jennifer Trevelyan

Written from a child's point of view, this debut canvases our protagonist's confusion as she tries to make sense of…

Two panels. On left is black and white photo of a woman with long dark hair. On the right is cover of a book, 'In the Name of the Sister" with an illustration of an orange ibis.
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Book review: The Name of the Sister, Gail Jones

Gail Jones' latest novel is a mesh of literary and crime genres.

Two panels. On the left is a woman with curly blonde hair, wearing a pale peach top. On the right is the cover of a book, 'One Hundred years of Betty', which ihas a woman in the centre, with radiating spokes of colours in shades of blue, tan, orange.
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Book review: One Hundred Years of Betty, Debra Oswald

What life lessons has Betty learned after living for a century?

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Book review: Of Monsters and Mainframes, Barbara Truelove

A brilliantly queer and imaginative blending of sci-fi and fantastical monsters.

Two panels. On the left is of a woman with brown wavy hair wearing a green top. She's looking to the right. On the left is the cover of a book 'I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY'. It features an illustration of a hand squashing a hotdog.
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Book review: I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY, Marni Appleton

This collection of short stories offers a window into the lives of young, contemporary women.

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