Anthony Ajduk’s memoir, A Firefighter’s Life, is an unflinching account of the dangers, triumphs, and personal costs of a career spent on the front lines of emergency response. With over …
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CryBaby
Reviewed onFrom the moment you open CryBaby, Mabel Gibson’s words strike like lightning. ‘I was born a human storm,’ she begins, setting the tone for a collection that is as fierce …
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JUMBO: The Making of a Secular Boy
Reviewed onIn JUMBO, Geoffrey London has crafted an introspective yet highly engaging meditation on the delicate choreography between identity and faith, set against the sun-bleached backdrop of post-war Perth. Through the …
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Because I Love Him
Reviewed onAshlee Donohue’s Because I Love Him offers a deeply personal and compelling account of love, loss, motherhood, addiction, and domestic violence. As a proud Dunghutti woman from Kempsey, New South …
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Bullet Paper Rock
Reviewed onIn the opening of his excellent book Bullet Paper Rock, Abbas El-Zein introduces the idea of a particular type of essay, a literary foray. These types of essays, writes the …
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Fragile Creatures
Reviewed onFragile Creatures by Khin Myint is a powerful and thought-provoking debut memoir. Opening in the narrative present, Myint introduces readers to key aspects of his story: his sister Theda’s illness, …
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Ourselves: 100 Micro Memoirs
Reviewed onOurselves: 100 Micro Memoirs is a one of a kind collection, both literally and figuratively. Speaking to the former, it is the first micro memoir anthology published in Australia and …
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How to Avoid a Happy Life
Reviewed onStartling, raw, and beautifully written, How to Avoid a Happy Life is the net result of Julia’s reconciliation with her life – fulfilling a last request from her mother – …
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I am that Unicorn
Reviewed onMy paperback copy of I am that Unicorn came with a letter from the Arozak Salam that was written in pink glitter gel pen. It invited the Writing WA team …
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Love, Dad: Confessions of an Anxious Father
Reviewed onIt begins, as all my favourite memoirs do, with vulnerability. Love, Dad: Confessions of an Anxious Father is the second full-length publication by West Australian author Laurie Steed, following his …
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