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4 October 2024

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Books in the media this weekend, 5–6 October

Unlocked reviews: New-release fiction

The Belburd
Nardi Simpson, Hachette, October 2024, reviewed by Lisa Schuurman

Written with the same lyrical prowess and evocative tone as her award-winning debut, Song of the Crocodile, Yuwaalaraay storyteller Nardi Simpson’s second novel, The Belburd, is a powerful ode to... Read more

The Burrow
Melanie Cheng, Text, October 2024, reviewed by Melissa Mantle

A triumph of restrained and tender storytelling, Melanie Cheng’s The Burrow follows a Melbourne family living on autopilot five years after a senseless tragedy. Amy, Jin and Lucie have since... Read more

Double Happiness
Rochelle Siemienowicz, MidnightSun, October 2024, reviewed by Nadia Heisler

In Double Happiness, journalist and film critic Rochelle Siemienowicz explores the intricacies, challenges and taboos surrounding polyamory and ethical non-monogamy (ENM). Set in Melbourne between 2014 and the Covid lockdown... Read more

Dusk
Robbie Arnott, Picador, October 2024, reviewed by Megan Cheong

In his fourth novel, Dusk, Robbie Arnott returns to familiar terrain. ‘Dusk’ is the name the highland graziers have given to a puma who has begun to ‘take’ shepherds and... Read more

Everywhere We Look
Martine Kropkowski, Ultimo, October 2024, reviewed by Ilona Urquhart

Everywhere We Look is the debut novel by Martine Kropkowski, a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland, who has also written about the ethics of true crime and crime... Read more

The Ledge
Christian White, Affirm, October 2024, reviewed by Coco McGrath

When reading author and screenwriter Christian White’s fourth novel, The Ledge, it’s worth remembering the adage: ‘When you assume, you make an ass of u and me.’ As a seasoned... Read more

Matia
Emily Tsokos Purtill, UWA Publishing, October 2024, reviewed by Danielle Bagnato

Emily Tsokos Purtill’s debut novel, Matia, is a generational story that follows the lives of four Greek women in Australia over 125 years. Sia emigrated from Greece to Perth in... Read more

No One Will Know
Rose Carlyle, Text, October 2024, reviewed by Fiona Hardy

Pregnant, homeless, and alone, 24-year-old Eve Sylvester is faced with a desperate future when a meeting at her dead fiancé’s gravesite offers a chance too glorious to refuse: nannying for... Read more

Prize Catch
Alan Carter, Fremantle, October 2024, reviewed by Kate Frawley

Alan Carter’s latest crime novel, Prize Catch, is a page-turning thrill ride set on Australia’s Emerald Isle. With the action taking place in Hobart and its surrounds, and brimming with... Read more

Skysong
C A Wright, Pantera, October 2024, reviewed by Megan Koch

C A Wright’s debut novel, Skysong, is inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale ‘The Nightingale’. Oriane is the latest in a long line of skylarks: women who transform into... Read more

A Song to Drown Rivers
Ann Liang, Macmillan, October 2024, reviewed by Eman Mourad

A Song to Drown Rivers is a bold departure from Ann Liang’s critically acclaimed YA rom-com novels (This Time It’s Real, I Hope This Doesn’t Find You, If You Could... Read more

This Kingdom of Dust
David Dyer, Penguin, October 2024, reviewed by Kate Dunphy

In his sophomore novel, David Dyer skilfully blurs history and fiction to pose the question: What if the Apollo mission had failed to return from the Moon? This Kingdom of... Read more

The Whale’s Last Song
Joanne Fedler, HarperCollins, October 2024, reviewed by Katy Briggs

Joanne Fedler’s spellbinding The Whale’s Last Song is set in a time known as ‘The Great Forgetting’, when a plague ravages the medieval hamlet of Villingraz. While the wealthy hide... Read more

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