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The Choke
Sofie Laguna, A&U, September 2017, reviewed by Simon McDonald

Sofie Laguna is a writer who can wrench beauty even from the horror of a child caught up in the toxic world of bastardised masculinity.... Read more
 
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Fiction

 

The Book of Dirt
Bram Presser, Text, September 2017, reviewed by Scott Whitmont x

 
 

City of Crows
Chris Womersley, Picador, September 2017, reviewed by Martin Shaw x

 
 

Dr Jekyll and Mr Seek
Anthony O'Neill, Xoum, September 2017, reviewed by Louise Fay x

 
 

The Last Days of Jeanne d’Arc
Ali Alizadeh, Giramondo, September 2017, reviewed by Hilary Simmons x

 
 

Parting Words
Cass Moriarty, UQP, September 2017, reviewed by Mel Cranenburgh x

 
 

Rain Birds
Harriet McKnight, Black Inc., September 2017, reviewed by Lindy Jones x

 
 

Terra Nullius
Claire G Coleman, Hachette, September 2017, reviewed by Elizabeth Flux x

 

Nonfiction

 

The Enigmatic Mr Deakin
Judith Brett, Text, August 2017, reviewed by Chris Harrington x

 
 

The Museum of Words
Georgia Blain, Scribe, September 2017, reviewed by Jo Case

 
 

A Naga Odyssey: Visier's Long Way Home
Visier Sanyu with Richard Broome, Monash University Publishing, September 2017, reviewed by Max Oliver x

 
 

Wish You Were Here
Sheridan Jobbins, Affirm, September 2017, reviewed by Joanne Shiells x

 

On tour

 

On tour: David George Haskell x

Biologist David George Haskell travelled the world to explore the biological networks of different trees for his book The Song of Trees: Stories from Nature’s... Read more
 

Interview

 

The Fictional Dimension: Bram Presser on ‘The Book of Dirt’

Bram Presser’s The Book of Dirt (Text, September) is ‘a remarkable tale of Holocaust survival, love and genealogical sleuthing by a grandson intent on finding... Read more
 

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