Book Reviews
To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
Yanagihara’s third novel serves up a rich course of colonialism, disease, Otherness and heartbreak.
I Want To Die But I Want To Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Sehee
A vulnerable and painstakingly honest collection of dialogues and essays that explore the author’s lifelong journey with mental illness.
The Colony by Audrey Magee
The trouble with Irish: a brilliant and haunting novel from a great new talent tackles art, love and colonialism.
NAIDOC Week 2022: Books to Help You Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!
NAIDOC Week recommendations that embody this roaring call to arms.
My Tidda, My Sister by Marlee Silva
A compilation of heartfelt stories of resilience and strength from Australia’s First Nations women.
8 Flash Fiction Collections to Dip and Dive Into
Explore all the wild and wicked ways to write flash fiction with our picks of some of the best collections out there.
Sadvertising: Stories From the Margins of Creativity by Ennis Ćehić
This debut short story collection is a weird, surreal and utterly inventive metaverse of the advertising world.
Ghost Lover by Lisa Taddeo
In this collection of raw and real short stories, Taddeo brings us another ferocious does of female desire and competition.
Abomination by Ashley Goldberg
When an unthinkable event shakes an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community to it’s core, two men are sent down very different paths.
Homesickness by Janine Mikosza
This raw, honest memoir explores memory, truth and trauma - and how to write about them.
Sydney Writers Festival 2022: Top Picks For Your Reading List
Our top recommendations from the stellar lineup of the Sydney Writers Festival 2022!
Animal Behaviour by Amanda McLeod
A compelling debut collection that deftly explores the uncanny way humans can (and often do) behave like animals.
Cold Enough For Snow by Jessica Au
A mother-daughter relationship takes centre stage in this quiet and unassuming novella about the unreliability of memory.
Losing Face by George Haddad
Losing Face is a powerful, gripping tale that explores the Lebanese-Australian immigrant experience, masculinity and intergenerational trauma.
Happy Stories, Mostly by Norman Erikson Pasaribu
This debut short story collection from a queer Indonesian writer explores longing, loss and missed chances.
8 Books For When You Need a Break From the News
Here are 8 books to get lost in when you need a break from the news - or even a shot of resilience.
Permafrost by SJ Norman
A brilliant and haunting collection of short fiction that exposes the darker, mythical underbelly of reality.
At Certain Points We Touch by Lauren John Joseph
This gorgeous and riotous coming of age novel examines first love and last rites.
Clean by Scott-Patrick Mitchell
Scott-Patrick Mitchell’s debut full-length poetry collection explores the experience of addiction through to healing.
Son of Sin by Omar Sakr
Spanning Australia, Turkey, and Lebanon, this novel charts one man’s reckoning with identity, family and religion.