Affirm Press
Book review: The Naturalist of Amsterdam, Melissa Ashley
Ashley's latest book is an historical fiction set at the turn of the 18th century and featuring unsung women who…
Book review: We Only Want What's Best, Carolyn Swindell
Turbulence and scandal in the dance world as seen from the perspectives of both parents and children.
So you want my arts job: Publishing Managing Editor
Kevin O'Brien manages both staff and books in his busy, very much hands-on, senior editorial position.
Book review: Songs for the Dead and the Living, Sara M Saleh
A powerful story about what it means to find home and identity among conflict and migration.
Book review: Broke, Sam Drummond
A memoir about the intersection between disability and financial precarity advocates for compassion.
Book review: The Year My Family Unravelled, Cynthia Dearborn
How do you go about looking after an ailing aged parent when you are halfway across the world from each…
Book review: Blackwater, Jacqueline Ross
A slow build Gothic debut has ties to historical Tasmania.
Book review, Raised By Wolves, Jess Ho
Lifting the lid on food and hospo culture.
Book review: Big Beautiful Female Theory, Eloise Grills
Grills critiques the fetishisation of aesthetic counterpoints by highlighting the ‘to-be-looked-at-ness’ of her own personal journey.
Book review: Another Australia, edited by Winnie Dunn
The follow up collection to After Australia, this book offers the lived experience of Indigenous and writers of colour.