The Reunion
Reviewed onThe Reunion by Polly Phillips is a riveting page-turner filled with complex characters and unexpected twists that will have readers questioning whether the events of the past are really as …
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The Severed Cord
Reviewed onThe Severed Cord is an intelligently crafted tale of disconnection, displacement and disillusionment. Twartz is respectful of Indigenous culture and marital bonds as he creates complex characters with deep-seated motivations …
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The Bonesetter’s Fee
Reviewed onRashida Murphy’s debut collection of short fiction was awarded runner-up in the 2021 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award. This set of 20 short stories and flash fiction examines the experiences …
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Dark Dimensions: Clans of Conflict
Reviewed onTroy is a Battlemaster, a brave leader of a group of soldiers sent to explore parallel dimensions, each one swarming with malignant vampires. Under the command of their leader Vlad, …
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The Silence of Water
Reviewed onThe Silence of Water is the stunning debut of Perth author Sharron Booth. Tracing a family’s history across three generations, the novel is based on true events and grounded in …
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The Voyeur
Reviewed onIn this collection of bite-sized short stories, award-winning WA writer Christopher Konrad explores the human condition with tenderness and creativity. As the book’s title suggests, Konrad peers into the lives …
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A Caravan Like A Canary
Reviewed onTara Button’s mother, Tabitha, is dying. And she wants Tara to tow the family’s rusting yellow caravan across the state to the hospice in which she is residing. Reluctantly, Tara …
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Cartwarra or What?
Reviewed onAlf Taylor’s poetry and fiction voiced in Nyoongar English are a collection of his best. Nyoongar histories pay necessary attention to a way of life forced by colonisation. Taylor has …
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The Ozone Cafe
Reviewed onIn The Ozone Café, Helen Hagemann delivers a vision of 1960s and ’70s life in a small NSW Central Coast town, her lens a waterfront café. The novel is an …
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So Many Beats of the Heart
Reviewed onMarriage counsellor Evie Shine spends her days fixing other people’s relationships, but when her own marriage unexpectedly crumbles, she grapples to come to terms with the irony. ‘So Many Beats of …
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