Smart Ovens for Lonely People
Reviewed onA rabbit works at a karaoke bar in a dystopian Perth. A woman is given a talking oven as therapy. An international ASMR conspiracy involves a mantra about Ron Swanson’s …
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Once: A Selection of Short Short Stories
Reviewed onOnce is a little book with lots of heart. It will actually fit in your back pocket. The stories are short, in fact they are very short, ranging from a …
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In This Desert, There Were Seeds
Reviewed onFor nearly a decade, Writing WA has been building collaborative friendships with literary communities throughout Southeast Asia. In This Desert, There Were Seeds – an anthology of twenty stories from …
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Wave after Wave: Writers from the Indian Ocean
Reviewed onThis diverse collection of writing – short fiction, poetry and memoir – probes the notions of home, heritage and belonging with bravery and perspective. Through ten fresh and insightful voices, …
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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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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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The Palace of Angels
Reviewed onThe Palace of Angels is a series of three interlinked novellas about the Palestinian/Israeli conflict, especially the Gaza strip and the West Bank, areas of severe conflict where the people …
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Fabulous Lives
Reviewed onJoy for a reviewer is being able to both commend a book and recommend it to readers of any almost any predilection. Fabulous Lives is such a book. The diverse characters …
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We’ll Stand in that place and Other Stories
Reviewed onThis anthology features nineteen short stories selected from over 240 entries in the annual Margaret River Short Story Competition. The prize winning story, ‘We’ll Stand in That Place,’ by Kit …
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Great Bush Stories
Reviewed onThis book offers a selection of over 80 ‘colourful yarns and true tales from life on the land’ arranged under ten thematic headings, including ‘Plagues and Perishes’, ‘Pastimes and Pleasures’ …
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