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Loopholes
Susan McCreery, Spineless Wonders, December 2016, reviewed by Hilary Simmons x

Shakespeare once said that ‘brevity is the soul of wit’; the genre of microfiction takes this advice to heart. To succeed, microfiction must combine efficiency... Read more
 

Fiction

 

Barking Dogs
Rebekah Clarkson, Affirm Press, February 2017, reviewed by Jenni Kauppi x

 
 

Crimson Lake
Candice Fox, Bantam, February 2017, reviewed by Fiona Hardy x

 
 

The Dangers of Truffle Hunting
Sunni Overend, HarperCollins, January 2017, reviewed by Jessica Slade x

 
 

The Golden Child
Wendy James, HarperCollins, February 2017, reviewed by Cecilia Hedley x

 
 

Gwen
Goldie Goldbloom, Fremantle Press, February 2017, reviewed by Myles McGuire x

 
 

The Trapeze Act
Libby Angel, Text, January 2017, reviewed by Louise Fay x

 
 

The Unfortunate Victim
Greg Pyers, Scribe, February 2017, reviewed by Isobel Moore x

 
 

The Waterfowl Are Drunk!
Kate Liston-Mills, Spineless Wonders, December 2016, reviewed by Myles McGuire x

 
 

Wedding Bush Road
David Francis, Brio, November 2016, reviewed by Thuy On x

 
 

Wild Gestures
Lucy Durneen, MidnightSun, January 2017, reviewed by Hilary Simmons x

 

Nonfiction

 

One Leg Over: Memories of Love, Fun and a Few Tears
Robin Dalton, Text, February 2017, reviewed by Emily Laidlaw x

 
 

A Perfidious Distortion of History
Jürgen Tampke, Scribe, February 2017, reviewed by Lindsay Wilkins x

 

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Yearning potential: Lucy Durneen on ‘Wild Gestures’ x

UK writer Lucy Durneen’s Wild Gestures debut short story collection will be published by South-Australian publisher MidnightSun in January. It is an ‘intriguing collection’ of... Read more
 

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