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One of the characters I most enjoyed in Michelle de Krester's The life to come is Sydney's inner west. I arrived in Newtown on a...Read More

Australian writers Book Review First Novel

Book review: The Nowhere Child by Christian White

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Little Sammy Went is gone, and while The Nowhere Child tells us where fairly quickly - who, how, why and at what cost takes the rest of thi...Read More

Australian writers Book Review Novel

Book review: The Choke by Sophie Laguna

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The Choke tells the story of a young girl raised by her war-ravaged grandfather in a beat-up house near the fictional Victorian town of Nul...Read More

Australian writers Book Review Crime Literature

Book review: Scrublands by Chris Hammer

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There's a rhythm to Chris Hammer's Scrublands that could easily have become monotonous in the same way driving to and from the smal...Read More

Australian writers Book Review Novel

Book review: The Shepherd's Hut by Tim Winton

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Fifteen-year-old Jaxie urgently flees his motherless home and what is left of his abusive father, taking his chances on foot in the vast and...Read More

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Author Richard Flanagan's speech to the Garma Festival 2018: full transcript

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When my father died at the age of 98 he had largely divested himself of possessions. Among what little remained was an old desk in which he ...Read More

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Book review: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

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This is one of the saddest books I've read in a long time although most popular literary books I've read of late make a good effort ...Read More

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Book review: I'm not crazy I'm just a little unwell by Leigh Hatcher

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Leigh Hatcher’s book about his years suffering with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome nearly had a completely different name. But all along he’d f...Read More

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Book review: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

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The comparisons for The Girl on the Train and Gone Girl are coming thick and fast and will do sales of the former no harm as it is publish...Read More