Patrick Lenton’s short story collection, Sexy Tales of Paleontology, is a fun, weird trip through an imaginative mind fed by pop culture, queerness, and joy …
Book review: Sexy Tales of Paleontology by Patrick Lenton
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Book review: The First Time I Thought I Was Dying by Sarah Walker
Trigger warning: mention of self-harm, mental illness, eating disorders, suicide, and pornography. Sarah Walker’s The First Time I Thought I Was Dying is a collection …
Book review: The Housemate by Sarah Bailey
The Housemate by Sarah Bailey is a story of murder, investigative journalism, and a decades-old mystery. Oli Groves is a junior crime journalist covering the …
Book beview: Lakesedge by Lyndall Clipstone
A haunting YA Gothic fantasy about a girl and a monster. Lakesedge is a haunting YA Gothic Fantasy debut from Lyndall Clipstone. It is the …
Book review: Nancy Business by R.W.R. McDonald
A rollicking coming-of-age mystery story, full of sincerity and humour. Nancy Business is R.W.R. McDonald’s second Nancys novel, about twelve-year-old Tippy Chan and her uncles, …
Book review: Adult Fantasy by Briohny Doyle
Adult Fantasy: searching for true maturity in an age of mortgages, marriages, and other adult milestones by Briohny Doyle was the winner of the 2017 …
Book review: The Shut Ins by Katherine Brabon
A slow, thoughtful novel about the Japanese concept of achiragawa, or: the other side. The Shut Ins is the second novel from Katherine Brabon, a …
Book review: Two Steps Onward by Graeme Simsion & Anne Buist
A physical and spiritual journey that explores the highs and lows of life and love. Two Steps Onward by Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist details …
Book review: How to be Australian by Ashley Kalagian Blunt
Ashley Kalagian Blunt’s memoir How to be Australian charts her emigration from Canada to Australia with her new husband, beginning in 2011 and ending in …
Book review: House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
A dark, twisted modern fairytale of sisters, secrets and strangeness. Krystal Sutherland’s House of Hollow is a brilliantly-executed modern dark fairytale told from the point …