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A Season on Earth
Gerald Murnane, Text, February 2019, reviewed by Brad Jefferies

In 1976 William Heinemann published Gerald Murnane’s second novel, A Lifetime on Clouds. In the book’s originally published two parts, the protagonist Adrian Sherd, a... Read more
 
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Fiction

 

Driving into the Sun
Marcella Polain, Fremantle Press, February 2019, reviewed by Paula Grunseit x

 
 

Fusion
Kate Richards, Hamish Hamilton, February 2019, reviewed by Jacqui Davies  x

 
 

Invented Lives
Andrea Goldsmith, Scribe, February 2019, reviewed by Louise Omer x

 
 

Into the Fire
Sonia Orchard, Affirm , February 2019, reviewed by Hilary Simmons x

 

Nonfiction

 

Accidental Feminists
Jane Caro, MUP, February 2019, reviewed by Melissa Cranenburgh x

 
 

Fridays with My Folks: Stories on ageing, illness and life
Amal Awad, Vintage, February 2019, reviewed by Melissa Cranenburgh x

 
 

Rapture's Roadway
Virginia Jealous, Peter Bishop, February 2019, reviewed by Angela Elizabeth x

 

Interview

 

Bound together: Kate Richards on ‘Fusion’ x

Kate Richards’ Fusion (Hamish Hamilton, February 2019) tells the story of conjoined twins, their carer, and an injured stranger who is brought into their isolated... Read more
 

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