Under the Shade
Reviewed onIn Under the Shade, debut author Blake Innes interweaves stories of three key identities to create an intriguing, sometimes challenging meld of Indigenous Australian mythology and moving drama. One identity …
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Living on Stolen Land
Reviewed onDescribed as a ‘prose-style manifesto’, Ambelin Kwaymullina’s latest work reminds settler-colonial communities of the large debt we owe to our Indigenous past and how much has been lost and must …
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Across the Risen Sea
Reviewed onOne might expect a good yarn from an author who’s recently chosen to live and work in a bus, travelling around Australia, and now settling in Western Australia. And Bren …
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A Crocodile in the Family
Reviewed onThis is a gentle picture book which emphasises the importance of family, a sense of belonging and the acceptance of difference. A family of birds discovers an egg in the …
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Who’s Afraid of the Quite Nice Wolf?
Reviewed onWilfred is a wolf who doesn’t fit in with his wolf pack. He makes friends with the sheep, he’s vegetarian, and he’s not the least bit scary. The other wolves …
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“It’s only one plastic straw”, said 8 billion people… Plastic Free is recommended reading for inspiration, insight and understanding. Have you ever wondered how a simple idea by one person …
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the dancer in your hands
Reviewed onIn the dancer in your hands <>, writing becomes dance. This sustained poetic work by interdisciplinary artist Jo Pollitt – a teacher of dance improvisation at WAAPA – bends, twists …
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Alexandra Rose and her Icy-cold Toes
Reviewed onHow does one solve the dilemma of icy-cold toes? Well, little Miss Alexandra Rose thinks she knows! Monique Mulligan’s latest picture-book is a playful story about an energetic young early-riser, misguidedly …
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We Can’t Say We Didn’t Know by Sophie McNeill is an evocative and powerful book that thrusts readers into the midst of lives and locations devastated by war and oppression. …
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A Dance with Fate
Reviewed onBook Two in the Warrior Bards series picks up a few months after the first book The Harp of Kings ended. Marillier proves yet again that building strong relationships between …
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