New Australian Books
Book review: Australia in 50 Plays, Julian Meyrick
A wide survey of the contribution of theatre to our national sense of identity.
Book review: The Eulogy, Jackie Bailey
An autofiction debut that eulogises family and loss with eloquence.
Book review: What Fear Was, Ben Walter
A debut collection of stories surveys contemporary environmental and climate terrain.
Book review: The Jaguar, Sarah Holland-Batt
An award-winning poet illuminates the dying light of her father's years.
Book review: The Uncaged Sky, Kylie Moore-Gilbert
A memoir about being imprisoned in Iran for 804 days.
Book review: Fugitive, Simon Tedeschi
Tedeschi is equally impressive on the page as he is at the piano.
Book review: Good night, Vivienne, Goodnight, Steven Carroll
The wife of T.S. Eliot is reimagined in the finale of Carroll's Eliot Quartet series.
Book review: Growing up in Country Australia, Edited by Rick Morton
There is a magic to these stories that trace the influence of (rural) youth to present lives.
Book review: The Signal Line, Brendan Colley
An award-winning novel that defies easy categorisation.
Book review: Root and Branch, Eda Gunaydin
Twelve essays explore inheritance, family, identity and place through the lens of Turkish-Australian culture.