writing and publishing
Book review: All You Took From Me, Lisa Kenway
Once begun, this psychological thriller is hard to put down.
Book review: Dirrayawadha, Anita Heiss
The prolific author returns to the Frontier Wars in this epic Australian fiction.
Book review: The Shortest History of Music, Andrew Ford
Andrew Ford’s new book is stunningly comprehensive, but its academic tone would be a daunting slog for the average reader.
Book review: The Echoes, Evie Wyld
Family secrets unravel after death and the haunting of the afterlife.
Book review: Queen Macbeth, Val McDermid
A revisionist account that focuses on Lady Macbeth rather than her husband.
Book review: Peripathetic, Cher Tan
A debut collection of essays that track unbelonging and displacement.
Book groups: community-building hubs
A shared love of literary treats can bring a community together.
Book review: Big Time, Jordan Prosser
Jordan Prosser’s much-touted first novel sometimes flies off its own tracks, but is nonetheless a very impressive debut.
Book review: Ghost Cities, Siang Lu
A playful and metafictional novel about storytelling, Chinese history and contemporary society.
Book review: The Mires, Tina Makereti
Set in the near future, the novel tracks a small community through explorations of place, ideology and ecology.