Stephanie King
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Review — 28 Oct 2024
We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord by Garth Nix
I first read a Garth Nix book when I was in primary school. It was one from The Keys to the Kingdom series and I was assigned it as English…
Review — 25 Aug 2024
The Voyage Home by Pat Barker
The Voyage Home is the third instalment in Pat Barker’s critically acclaimed Trojan war trilogy. It follows on from the events of previous books in the series, The Silence of…
Review — 29 Jul 2024
mark the dawn by Jazz Money
Jazz Money is not just a talented poet, but also an incredible artist and filmmaker. This is their second collection of poetry and it has already received the Quentin Bryce…
Review — 25 Sep 2023
The Things We Live With: Essays on Uncertainty by Gemma Nisbet
The Things We Live With by Gemma Nisbet is a pensive exploration of memory and family staged through her encounters with everyday objects. Nisbet is a regular contributor to the…
Review — 20 Apr 2023
Orphia and Eurydicius by Elyse John
Elyse John’s Orphia and Eurydicius is a sumptuous, gender-bending retelling of the Greek myth Orpheus and Eurydice. It celebrates the queer magic of storytelling and also women’s voices in…
Review — 27 Mar 2023
Greek Lessons by Han Kang (trans. Deborah Smith & Emily Yae Won)
Greek Lessons is Han Kang’s latest novel to be translated into English by Deborah Smith and Emily Yae Won. Han Kang is best known for The Vegetarian, the version…
Review — 3 Mar 2023
Dress Rehearsals: A Memoir Made of Poetry by Madison Godfrey
Dress Rehearsals by Madison Godfrey is a powerful second collection of prose poetry. Alongside their previous collection How To Be Held (2018), a number of their other poems have been…
Review — 30 Jan 2023
Abandon Every Hope: Essays for the Dead by Hayley Singer
In Abandon Every Hope, Hayley Singer asks us to sit with our grief and discomfort in the wake of a pandemic, amid global suffering and the horrors of capitalism…
Review — 31 Aug 2022
Blackbirds Don’t Mate with Starlings by Janaka Malwatta
This fascinating collection of poetry showcases Janaka Malwatta’s incredible skill as a poet. Born in Sri Lanka, Malwatta has lived in both England and Australia. His poetry hasbeen published in…
Review — 29 Aug 2022
Where You Left Us by Rhiannon Wilde
This month, Rhiannon Wilde brings us her second book Where You Left Us, a gorgeous, Gothic novel set by the ocean. Wilde is a sparkling new voice in Australian…
