books and publishing
Book review: A Brief Affair, Alex Miller
A sympathetic account of a highly intelligent woman surviving a mid-life crisis.
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.
Book reviews: The Lovers, Yumna Kassab
A tale about the complexities of desire.
Book review: Salonika Burning, Gail Jones
Painfully beautiful historical fiction from the mind of a celebrated writer.
Book review: Fanatic Heart, Tom Keneally
The prolific author brilliantly brings history to life in this vibrant novel.
Book review: Waypoints, Adam Ouston
This brilliant novel immerses the reader in the emotions and obsessions of its hero.
Admissions into art, language and mental health
A collection documenting mental health in Australia by a wide range of voices with lived experience.
Book review: Moon Sugar, Angela Meyer
A genre-defying novel that plays around with concepts of loss, power and different realities.
Book review: A Kind of Magic, Anna Spargo-Ryan
A deeply engaging memoir about identity, mental illness, and the importance of constructing a narrative.
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.