Reviews
Book Review: No Friend but the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani
No Friend But The Mountains is a classic for our times, a cri de coeur that shows us the human…
Book Review: Hysteria by Katerina Bryant
Hysteria is the story of Bryant’s illness – her attempt to make sense of her symptoms, secure a diagnosis and,…
Book Review: Honeybee by Craig Silvey
The author of popular Australian novel Jasper Jones has returned with a new tale of identity and self.
Book Review: Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
This ambitious and original novel cements Murata’s reputation as an iconoclastic talent to her new audience of English-language readers.
Book Review: On Beverley Farmer: Writers on Writers by Josephine Rowe
Rowe describes Farmer’s essay collection The Bone House as ‘a work of restless genius and unshakeable focus’.
Book Review: The Mission House by Carys Davies
Davies’ novel seeks to make connections with faith and nationalism in contemporary India.
Visual Art Festival Review: Plein Air Down Under, WA
An outstanding outdoor painting festival, notable for its unique take on one of the largest movements in art history.
Book review: Be Brilliant by Janine Garner
Garner contends there are four laws to live and lead by if you want to be your brilliant self.
Book review: Sweatshop Women: Volume Two Edited by Winnie Dunn
Written by women from Indigenous, migrant and refugee backgrounds, Sweatshop Women: Volume Two runs parallel to a shift we’re currently…
Book review: Husna’s Story by Farid Ahmed
Ahmed’s account of the Christchurch massacre makes riveting reading.