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Stella Count. Profile of a woman with long black hair. She has a book pressed up against her nose.
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Stella Count returns and free books initiative launches

Gender and book reviewing... Stella returns for another count, plus free books to be placed on public transport.

Thuy On

Jun 19, 2024
A collection of five picture books that cover flora and fauna themes.
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Nature as muse in children's literature: 2024 award shortlists

Discover the writers and illustrators nominated for the Environmental and Karajia Awards for Children's Literature.

Thuy On

Jun 13, 2024
Gone. On the left an author shot from the waist up of a middle aged Caucasian woman with short blonde hair and a black top, with gold hoop earrings. She is resting her chin on her left fist. On the right is a book cover depicting an isolated shack in the Australian outback, with a few trees, a few cows and some hills behind in the clouds.
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Book review: Gone, Glenna Thomson

A rural cold case of a missing girl and those grieving her absence.

Erin Stewart

Jun 5, 2024
Depth of Field. On the left an author shot of a young Caucasian woman with straight black hair and a long sleeved black T shirt photographed in a garden from the waist up. On the right the book cover of a blurry figure silhouetted against a large window.
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Book review: Depth of Field, Kirsty Iltners

A well told story that tackles the fallout from the fallibility of memory.

Erich Mayer

Jun 5, 2024
Psykhe. Author shot on left is of a middle aged Caucasian woman with long dark hair sitting with an open book and two candles behind her. She has a patterned black dress on and is smiling broadly. Close to the camera, obscuring the sitter, and out of focus is some white flora of some kind. On the right is a black book cover with flowers in the middle.
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Book review: Psykhe, Kate Forsyth

A new telling of the classic myth focuses on the power and agency of Psykhe.

Ellie Fisher

Jun 5, 2024
Hurdy Gurdy. On the left is a book cover of a circus tent in the distance at night. On the right is an author shot of a middle aged Caucasian women with shoulder length white hair, black jumper and glasses.
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Book review: Hurdy Gurdy, Jenny Ackland

A dystopian Australia sees women's bodies policed and subjugated.

Ashleigh Meikle

Jun 5, 2024
Nameless. On the left is a head and shoulders author shot of a middle aged Caucasian woman with a white top under a pinafore type dress. She has shoulder length greying hair cut in a bob with a fringe. On the right is a book cover with a black linocut image of a side on woman against a green backdrop.
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Book review: Nameless, Amanda Creely

War and its voiceless victims are the harrowing topics of this novel.

Hayley Thomas

Jun 4, 2024
Heartsease. On the left is a head and shoulders author shot of a young Caucasian woman with long strawberry blonde hair and a blue top. She is standing in front of foliage. On the right is a bookcover featuring a group of brown flowers
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Book review: Heartsease, Kate Kruimink

Sisterly bonds prevail in the fog of grief.

Tiffany Barton

Jun 4, 2024
Safe Haven. On the right is an author headshot, waist up of a woman of Indian appearance, all in black with arms folded, smiling and looking off the right. On the left is a book jacket in blue, with an illustration of a boat on the sea at night on the front.
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Book review: Safe Haven, Shankari Chandran

The Miles Franklin Award-winning author's new book tackles the politics of Australian detention centres.

Ellie Fisher

Jun 3, 2024
Live Bait. On the left is an author shot of a grey-haired with grey/white stubble, white man in his 40s/50s sitting at a table outside in the city, with his arms crossed in front of him and wearing a blue suit jacket over a darker blue T shirt. On the right is a book cover of an angler standing in a rushing river with fishing rod out. We can only see from the chest down to the knee and he is wearing a utility belt with a pistol in it.
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Book review: Live Bait, Stephen Sewell

Can a novel succeed when it features a wilfully stupid protagonist?

Erich Mayer

May 28, 2024
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