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Animal Magic. Image on left is a magazine cover with a line of washing arranged to look like a camel. On the right is an author image of a woman in a bright green dress with red hair and glasses, leaning her chin on her fist.
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Magazine review: Griffith Review 82: Animal Magic, edited by Carody Culver

The latest edition of 'Griffith Review' considers the theme of relationships – both tender and tense – between animals and…

Ellie Fisher

Nov 30, 2023
The Opposite of Success. Image is a black and white author's pic of a woman in a flowery blouse with glasses and shoulder length hair parted on the side, sitting with arms crossed on a table. She is smiling at the camera. On the right is a green and pink book cover with an illustration of a cheerless woman with her chin on her arm, behind a wine glass.
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Book review: The Opposite of Success, Eleanor Elliott Thomas

A witty and charming debut about motherhood, friendship and work in contemporary times.

Laura Pettenuzzo

Nov 23, 2023
Corners of Melbourne. Image on left is a book cover showing a black and white image of a grand building with several hatted men in the foreground. Image on the right is a smiling grey-haired woman in a check shirt wearing glasses.
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Book review: Corners of Melbourne, Robyn Annear

Anyone with a love of Melbourne history will find this book enthralling.

Erich Mayer

Nov 22, 2023
Prime Minister's Literary Awards. Image is six different book covers.
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Prime Minister’s Literary Awards winners 2023

Winners across six literary categories each take home $80,000 in this year's Prime Minister's Literary Awards.

Thuy On

Nov 16, 2023
I Don't. Image is of an author sitting in a leather armchair, knees pulled up to her chest and with a hand under her chin looking at the camera. She is blonde and next to the chair is a large-leafed plant that is as tall as she is. On the right of the image is the book cover in black and white with a diagonal slant down the middle and the author's name in pink, plus the book's subtitle.
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Book review: I Don't, Clementine Ford

Clementine Ford shows us how life could be for women if they weren't shackled to marriage.

Ellie Fisher

Nov 16, 2023
Unfinished Woman. Image is two side by side shots of a woman in a black jumper with shoulder length blonde hair. She is smiling in both. On the left is a colour shot of her leaning on her elbow with her cheek on her fist, and on the right is a black and white book cover with the title in cursive white font at the bottom.
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Book review: Unfinished Woman, Robyn Davidson

A memoir by the best-selling author of 'Tracks', revisits an eventful life, including the death of her mother and the…

Mary Garden

Nov 13, 2023
Everyone on this Train is a Suspect. Image is an author headshot of a bearded, dark haired man with a black v neck t-shirt, against a yellow background, and on the right hand side a book cover of the book's title in large font and a bird of prey with wings outstretched.
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Book review: Everyone on this Train is a Suspect, Benjamin Stevenson

An intriguing mystery yarn where a trainload of mystery writers are themselves the detectives.

Erich Mayer

Nov 8, 2023
The Naturalist of Amsterdam. Image is a side on above the bust author's shot of a woman in a green shirt with light red shoulder length hair. smiling, and on the right an orange book cover featuring a sparse tree, two butterflies and a caterpillar.
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Book review: The Naturalist of Amsterdam, Melissa Ashley

Ashley's latest book is an historical fiction set at the turn of the 18th century and featuring unsung women who…

Mia Ferreira

Nov 8, 2023
The conversion. Image is a book cover with two birds in flight seen from underneath on the left, and a black and white author headshot on the right of a woman with black jumper, shoulder length white hair and glasses on her head.
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Book review: The Conversion, Amanda Lohrey

Amanda Lohrey's latest novel speculates on whether a deconsecrated church can become a home.

Ellie Fisher

Nov 8, 2023
Only Sound Remains. Image is a book cover of a black soundwave on a light background and on the right an author's headshot of a man in black T shirt, colourful shirt, glasses, beard and peaked cap.
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Book review: Only Sound Remains, Hossein Asgari

A novel exploring a father-son relationship and Iranian diasporic poetry.

Kylie MIRMOHAMADI

Nov 8, 2023
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