writing and publishing
Book review: Me, Her, Us, Yen-Rong Wong
A bristling collection about race, sex, familial expectation and identity from a writer with lived experience.
Book review: Body Friend, Katherine Brabon
A tenderly written exploration of the body through the lens of living with chronic illness.
Book review: Chinese Fish, Grace Yee
A multi-voiced collection of poetry that canvasses a family's experiences of racism in New Zealand from the 1960s to the…
Second book syndrome
Pushing through with the writing and publication of a second book can be fraught. How can you navigate some of…
Book review: A Light in the Dark, Allee Richards
An examination of the aftershocks of power and its abuse.
Book review: The Sitter, Angela O’Keeffe
A multilayered novel about the wife of French artist Paul Cezanne becomes a dual portrait of two women a century…
Book review: The Empty Honour Board, Martin Flanagan
A memoir about boarding school days and the abuse that occurred there, forever shadowing Flanagan's life.
Book review: West Girls, Laura Elizabeth Woollett
Sharp and clever, West Girls dives into the murky world of modelling.
Book review: Storytellers, Leigh Sales
Over 30 Australian journalists offer a behind-the-scenes look at how the news is made.
Book review: Broke, Sam Drummond
A memoir about the intersection between disability and financial precarity advocates for compassion.