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The White Girl
Tony Birch, UQP, June 2019, reviewed by Karen Wyld x

Tony Birch’s latest novel tells the story of Odette Brown and her granddaughter Sissy, who live on the fringe of Deane, a fictional town situated... Read more
 
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Fiction

 

Allegra in Three Parts
Suzanne Daniel, Macmillan, June 2019, reviewed by Joanne Shiells x

 
 

The Electric Hotel
Dominic Smith, A&U, June 2019, reviewed by Nathan Smith x

 
 

Hitch
Kathryn Hind, Hamish Hamilton, June 2019, reviewed by Karen Wyld x

 
 

The Nancys
R W R McDonald, A&U, June 2019, reviewed by Fiona Hardy x

 

Poetry

 

Fish Song
Caitlin Maling, Fremantle Press, June 2019, reviewed by Sumudu Samarawickrama x

 

Nonfiction

 

Split
ed by Lee Kofman, Ventura, June 2019, reviewed by Chris Saliba x

 

Interview

 

Unlikely heroes: R W R McDonald on ‘The Nancys’

R W R McDonald’s debut novel The Nancys (A&U in June) was highly commended in the 2017 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards unpublished manuscript prize. Reviewer Fiona... Read more
 

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