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Book review: Cool Water, Myfanwy Jones

Fathers and sons and how damage can be inherited.

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Book review: God Forgets About the Poor, Peter Polites

A sympathetic tale of one migrant’s experience.

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Book review: Body Friend, Katherine Brabon

A tenderly written exploration of the body through the lens of living with chronic illness.

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Shankari Chandran wins 2023's Miles Franklin Award

Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens takes out the most prestigious literary prize in Australia.

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Book review: Exquisite Corpse, Marija Peričić

This entropic un-romance is about control: losing it, wanting it, taking it.

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Book review: The Scope of Permissibility, Zeynab Gamieldien

A debut novel tracks the lives of a trio of friends as they explore university life and their Muslim faith.

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Book reviews: The Lovers, Yumna Kassab

A tale about the complexities of desire.

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Book review: Seeing Other People, Diana Reid

A contemporary post-COVID queer love triangle.

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Book review: My Heart is a Little Wild Thing, Nigel Featherstone

This tender story of family and relationships is also a coming-out tale that sees the protagonist wresting control of his…