Blakwork
Reviewed onAlison Whittaker’s Blakwork is a collection of poetry that presents a counterview of mainstream Australian cultural discourse. A Gomeroi woman and Harvard law graduate, Whittaker has written a work pulsing …
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The Butterfly Garden
Reviewed onAt first glance this is a simple board book with a bright eye-catching cover, sturdy and strong enough for little hands to hold, but The Butterfly Garden by Michael Torres …
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True West
Reviewed onA new novel from David Whish-Wilson is always cause to celebrate and so it is with True West. Set in the years following the Vietnam War, this latest work brings …
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Well-Behaved Women
Reviewed onEmily Paull has created an interesting and well-crafted first collection. In these seventeen contemporary short stories, many of them set in Western Australia, we meet a wide range of women, …
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Antarctica
Reviewed onAntarctica is so much more than your average counting book. Each number (from one to ten) features Antarctica’s creatures in a double page spread accompanied by lyrical prose – gorgeous …
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The Sky Falls Down: An Anthology of Loss
Reviewed onThe Sky Falls Down is an elegant anthology of writings on loss. A selection of poetry, prose and memoir from 89 writers across Australia, this collection depicts loss as a …
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Word of Dog
Reviewed onWord of Dog is not just for those who have been enslaved by big brown eyes and a cold wet nose – although dog lovers will most definitely enjoy Anderson’s …
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The Book of Stone
Reviewed onMark Greenwood is skilled at bringing historical events to life for young readers. In The Book of Stone we are reminded that even a stone has a story to tell: …
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Invisible Boys
Reviewed onTold in turn from the perspectives of three very different boys, Holden Sheppard’s Invisible Boys is a powerful and compelling debut by a talented new voice in YA fiction. Introverted …
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A Thousand Tongues
Reviewed onIan Reid twists together three tales in an examination of conscience demonstrating that “what is right” is rarely a singular narrative or universal truth. As two post-grad student historians in …
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