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Marick is a haunted chaplain clinging to a compromised conception of faith. Hugo is a scientist, eccentric and brilliant, incubating miracles in the depths of a hospital laundry. Their lives …

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Unlimited Futures is an anthology of speculative and visionary poetry and prose that breaks the stereotype of the marginalised voice. Edited by award-winning authors Rafeif Ismail and Ellen van Neerven, …

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Grace is working as a paediatric oncology nurse when a chance meeting reconnects her with childhood friend, Nate. She is drawn into an affair with him even as she articulates …

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The Hush is set in a post-Covid era Britain struggling to recover from the social and economic crisis of the virus amidst escalating climate concerns, including rising sea levels and …

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In The Waves, Virginia Woolf writes: “But for pain words are lacking. There should be cries, cracks, fissures, whiteness passing over chintz covers, interference with the sense of time, of …

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Bird, Adam Morris’s second novel, follows the story of Carson, a charismatic young Noongar male who in another life and with different opportunities might be anything at all. But when …

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Westerly editor Catherine Noske’s debut novel The Salt Madonna delivers a searing indictment of mob mentality and the stories people will tell – and fervently believe – to sustain their way of life. …

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Stacey and Isak long for another child and decide to sign up for an experimental genetics program that offers them a chance to add to their family while supporting them …

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