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Book review: How Many More Women?, Jennifer Robinson and Keina Yoshida 

An examination of the sexual violence against women and the legal system that inhibits and denies justice.

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Book reviews: The Lovers, Yumna Kassab

A tale about the complexities of desire.

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Book review: Salonika Burning, Gail Jones

Painfully beautiful historical fiction from the mind of a celebrated writer.

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Book review: Fanatic Heart, Tom Keneally

The prolific author brilliantly brings history to life in this vibrant novel.

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Book review: Waypoints, Adam Ouston

This brilliant novel immerses the reader in the emotions and obsessions of its hero.

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Admissions into art, language and mental health

A collection documenting mental health in Australia by a wide range of voices with lived experience.

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Book review: Moon Sugar, Angela Meyer

A genre-defying novel that plays around with concepts of loss, power and different realities.

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Book review: A Kind of Magic, Anna Spargo-Ryan

A deeply engaging memoir about identity, mental illness, and the importance of constructing a narrative.

Career Advice

So you want my arts job: Literary agent

Loving books is mandatory but being a literary agent necessitates many different avenues of advocating for authors.

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The Australian book industry deserves more government support

The book industry makes a significant contribution to the Australian economy, but is it supported sufficiently?

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