Nishtha Banavalikar
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Review — 23 Sep 2024
Rosarita by Anita Desai
Rosarita opens with Bonita, a young language student from India who arrives in Mexico to study Spanish. The novel alternates between the languid environmental bliss of Mexico and the busy…
Review — 29 Jul 2024
Behind You Is the Sea by Susan Muaddi Darraj
Behind You Is the Sea is a moving collection of short stories following the lives of a Palestinian American community in Baltimore. The work transcends generations, each story offering a…
Review — 23 Jun 2024
Anyone’s Ghost by August Thompson
Words feel paltry, inadequate to synthesise the essence of Anyone’s Ghost. Doomed romance is spelled out from the start; the prelude is a bitter omen of the inevitability of…
Review — 21 Apr 2024
Safe Haven by Shankari Chandran
Set in a detention centre in Port Camden, Safe Haven focuses on the lives of refugees after their perilous journeys. As Shankari Chandran writes, they trade the prison of the…
Review — 25 Jan 2024
Bird Life by Anna Smaill
Bird Life is a profoundly poignant and mesmerising second novel from Booker Prize-nominated Anna Smaill. Set in Tokyo, the novel follows two women, Dinah and Yasuko, who are dealing with…
Review — 23 Oct 2023
Tonight, I Burn by Katharine J. Adams
It isn’t easy to put out something that feels unique in Young Adult fiction, but I think Tonight, I Burn brings something refreshing and deeply intriguing to the category. Set…
Review — 25 Sep 2023
Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis
Capitalism is dead. What killed it? Ironically, capital itself. Yanis Varoufakis, economist and former finance minister of Greece, has been notorious for introducing widely controversial – though ultimately, quite accurate…
Review — 1 Sep 2023
Goddess Crown by Shade Lapite
Goddess Crown is a fantasy debut featuring lush imagery, immersive language, worldbuilding, and a captivating, fast-paced plot. A distant goddess rules the Kingdom of Galla, her teachings long since warped…
Review — 1 Sep 2023
Me, Her, Us by Yen-Rong Wong
Structured in three loose parts, Me, Her, Us examines themes of sex, community, and reconciliation of the Asian-Australian diaspora through witty and thoughtful narration. ‘Me’ delves into the topic of…
Review — 1 Sep 2023
The Modern by Anna Kate Blair
The Modern is a playful and introspective debut novel that interrogates queerness and urban social life through a lens of art history. Sophia is on the cusp of 30, living…
