Compassion
Reviewed on“I was alive in the face of my anger at the dozens of tribes lost forever, our language and song,” declares Duringah, the protagonist of Julie Janson’s latest novel, Compassion. …
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If There Is a Butterfly That Drinks Tears
Reviewed onTo call this remarkable collection merely an exploration of motherhood would be akin to calling Ulysses a travelogue. For in her frighteningly forensic poems on pregnancy, childbirth and being a …
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Woven
Reviewed onIt’s possible the term polyphony, when used in a literary sense, has never been more appropriately applied that to this sonorous poetry collection, Woven. Because yes, there is a multiplicity …
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Last Best Chance
Reviewed onLast Best Chance is Brooke Dunnell’s second novel after her 2021 Fogarty Award-winning debut novel, The Glass House. The former was a whip-smart study of female friendship and suburban ennui. …
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the seven-eight count of unstoppable sadness
Reviewed onThe evocative narrative within Marcella Polain’s the seven-eight count of unstoppable sadness delves into the inescapable depths of sorrow and the author’s search for love, gratitude, hope, and acceptance. The …
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Kintsugi
Reviewed onShortlisted for the 2022 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award, Kintsugi by Marie O’Rourke is a book that, in her own words, resists the ‘tradition of first person, past-tense, chronological, narrative …
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Who Comes Calling?
Reviewed onMiriam Wei Wei Lo is a Canadian-born, Fremantle-based poet of Chinese-Malaysian and Anglo-Australian descent who “writes because life is too short to let it pass without comment.” Her first collection, …
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The Rip
Reviewed onThe Rip by Holly Craig delves into the intricate dynamics of female relationships, envy, and the haunting allure of other people’s lives. Set against the remote backdrop of Rottnest Island, …
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Ghost Poetry
Reviewed onMelbourne-based poet Robbie Coburn’s latest poetry collection gallops and canters across the page; but it also soars Pegasus-like above a physical and emotional landscape where herds of fantasies, dreams and …
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Right Way Down and other poems
Reviewed onIt is something of a job perk to sign up for a book review only to find oneself thinking about one’s own writing and creativity. But then, Right Way Down …
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