Annie Condon
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Review — 30 Jan 2023
Higher Education by Kira McPherson
In Higher Education, debut author Kira McPherson introduces Sam, a young woman progressing hesitantly through five years of her law degree.
In an early vignette from primary school, Sam’s…
Review — 2 Nov 2022
Euphoria by Elin Cullhed
Struggling with the demands of young children and a writing career, Swedish author Elin Cullhed became obsessed by the life of poet and author Sylvia Plath. Plath famously tried to…
Review — 26 Nov 2013
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
First published in 1964, Harriet the Spy is the story of eleven year old Harriet M. Welsch, who wants to be a spy and a writer. Harriet lives in Manhattan…
Review — 19 Sep 2022
Seeing Other People by Diana Reid
Diana Reid’s 2021 novel Love and Virtue was an outstanding debut that saw Reid named one of Sydney Morning Herald’s Best Young Novelists of the Year. At first, her new…
Review — 3 Oct 2021
Love & Virtue by Diana Reid
Diana Reid’s Love & Virtue is an outstanding debut novel that balances multiple issues, including female friendship, intellectual curiosity, class and gender privilege, with a coming-of-age story.
Michaela, an 18-year-old…
Review — 30 May 2022
When We Fell Apart by Soon Wiley
When We FellApart is abeautifully writtenmystery, character studyand examination of bothAmerican and Koreanculture. Min, a man inhis late twenties, isvisited by a detectivewho tells him Yu-jin, his girlfriend, is dead.Min…
Review — 1 Aug 2021
The Golden Book by Kate Ryan
The title of Kate Ryan’s fiction debut The Golden Book doesn’t refer to the ‘Little Golden Books’ many of us read in early childhood. Instead, it is a handwritten journal…
Review — 1 Jun 2021
With Teeth by Kristen Arnett
‘With Teeth’ is an unusual title, similar in tone to that of Kristen Arnett’s debut novel, Mostly Dead Things. The teeth of this title are a recurring motif throughout…
Review — 28 Jun 2021
The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade
Thirty-three-year-old Amadeo Padilla is unemployed, alcoholic and still living with his mother, Yolanda. One day, while Yolanda is away holidaying in Las Vegas, Amadeo comes home to find his pregnant…
Review — 2 Mar 2021
The Office of Historical Corrections: A Novella and Stories by Danielle Evans
Danielle Evans’s collection of short stories, The Office of Historical Corrections, has been much lauded in the US. The collection has been nominated for multiple prizes, and the New…
