book review
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.
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.
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.
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Book review: Excitable Boy: Essays on Risk, Dominic Gordon
Dominic Gordon's first book takes us down Melbourne's lesser known paths.
Book review: Royals, Tegan Bennett Daylight
A unique and absorbing modern Australian YA story.
Book review: A Year with Wendy Whiteley, Ashleigh Wilson
A biography of an artist and iconoclast in her own right.
Book review: The Brink, Holden Sheppard
Sheppard's second book is an exploration of masculinity, sexuality, and mental health.