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Stone Sky Gold Mountain
Mirandi Riwoe, UQP, April 2020, reviewed by Elizabeth Flux

In goldrush-era Australia the landscape is harsh, the law basically non-existent and discrimination bluntly and unashamedly informs every facet of life. Siblings Ying and Lai... Read more
 
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Fiction

 

The Adversary
Ronnie Scott, Hamish Hamilton, April 2020, reviewed by Nathan Smith x

 
 

Almost a Mirror
Kirsten Krauth, Transit Lounge, April 2020, reviewed by David Little x

 
 

The Animals in That Country
Laura Jean McKay, Scribe, April 2020, reviewed by Sonia Nair

 
 

Below Deck
Sophie Hardcastle, A&U, March 2020, reviewed by Georgia Brough x

 
 

The Brisbane Line
J P Powell, Xoum, April 2020, reviewed by Brad Jefferies x

 
 

Desire Lines
Felicity Volk, Hachette, March 2020, reviewed by Georgia Brough x

 
 

The Salt Madonna
Catherine Noske, Picador, March 2020, reviewed by Sonia Nair x

 
 

Sheerwater
Leah Swann, HarperCollins, April 2020, reviewed by Carody Culver x

 
 

Small Mercies
Richard Anderson, Scribe, April 2020, reviewed by Lindy Jones x

 
 

Torched
Kimberley Starr, Pantera, May 2020, reviewed by Kate Frawley x

 

Nonfiction

 

After the Count: The death of Davey Browne
Stephanie Convery, Viking, March 2020, reviewed by Julia Taylor x

 
 

Come
Rita Therese, A&U, April 2020, reviewed by Kelsey Oldham x

 
 

Fourteen
Shannon Molloy, S&S, April 2020, reviewed by Hannah Cartmel x

 

Interview

 

Spheres of influence: Ronnie Scott on ‘The Adversary’

Ronnie Scott’s debut novel The Adversary (Hamish Hamilton) follows an unnamed protagonist as he navigates gay friendship and wrestles with self-doubt over the course of a... Read more
 

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