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Trent Dalton. Image: David Kelly/ Harper Collins.
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Gravity Let Me Go review: Dalton delivers undaunted

Trent Dalton's latest is an intriguing romp that evolves into a thoughtful journey of discovery.

Sophie Laguna. Image: Penguin Random House.
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The Underworld review: Sophie Laguna goes deep

Sophie Laguna's latest novel The Underworld is a deft exploration of identity, fear and mythology.

Jane Harper. Image: Pan Macmillan.
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Last One Out by Jane Harper review: moving and memorable

Jane Harper's Last One Out portrays a town under siege and is not to be missed.

Bri Lee. Image: Saskia Wilson. Simon & Schuster.
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Seed review: Bri Lee is back

Lee’s second novel, Seed, might have readers turning pages more for the fate of the planet than the fate of…

Toni Jordan, author of Tenderfoot. Image: Hachette Australia.
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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.

Elizabeth Gilbert. Image: Deborah Lopez.
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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.

No Dancing in the Lift, by Mandy Sayer. Image: Transit Lounge.
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No Dancing in the Lift, Mandy Sayer review: a vivid memoir

Sayer's No Dancing in the Lift paints an intimate portrait of an unconventional childhood.

Thomas Vowles, author of Our New Gods. Image: UQP.

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.

Rhett Davis, a profile photo of a man with short grey hair. Author of Arborescence.
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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.

Sarah Brightman wearing a dark robe and holding onto an old-fashioned cream phone in a drawing room. On the left is a figure of man seen through the curtains.
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