Book Reviews
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Book Reviews
Hits and Misses by Simon Rich
Hits & Misses is an eighteen-piece short story collection inspired by Rich’s experiences in Hollywood, and the collection is a thought-provoking and laugh-out-loud work Read more »| 03 Aug 2018 -
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Resin by Ane Riel
Resin expertly navigates a wealth of themes – obsession, grief, love, and innocence and childhood – and binds them together in a cleverly crafted, gripping tale. Addictive, brutal and honest, Resin is an emotional rollercoaster. Read more »| 03 Aug 2018 -
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Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
The eerie atmosphere of this imaginative page-turner by Daisy Johnson seeps into the reader and grips with claws as sharp as the Bonak’s. Read more »| 02 Aug 2018 -
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How to Love a Jamaican by Alexia Arthurs
How to Love a Jamaican explores the gravitational pull between close-knit island communities and the USA for Jamaican characters who have moved one way or the other. Alexia Arthurs is an evocative storyteller who dives deep into her characters’ motivation Read more »| 01 Aug 2018 -
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Amateur by Thomas Page McBee
Reading Amateur is watching someone try to simultaneously figure out who they are, who the world wants them to be, and why. It’s deeply personal and politically vital, a calm and contemplative antidote to male toxicity. Read more »| 31 Jul 2018 -
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Notes to Self by Emilie Pine
Emilie Pine writes with pinpoint precision and invites readers into deeply personal parts of herself, exploring them with beautiful nuance Read more »| 26 Jul 2018
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The Tyranny of Lost Things by Rhiannon Cosslett
The Tyranny of Lost Things is, at its best, a nostalgia-popping look at the place past countercultural lifestyles holds in contemporary consciousness, an intergenerational exploration, and a warning against romanticising the past. Read more »| 12 Jul 2018 -
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Testament by Kim Sherwood
Sherwood's first novel is a stunning new take on the horrors of the Holocaust Read more »| 10 Jul 2018 -
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Suicide Club by Rachel Heng
In her debut novel, Rachel Heng takes this to its wildest extreme, creating a society where health, ageing and mental wellbeing are all government mandated. Read more »| 05 Jul 2018 -
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Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
A bestseller in Japan, Convenience Store Woman is an offbeat, tongue-in-cheek read, filled with the minuscule joys of everyday life, and a tale of finding one’s own path to happiness. Read more »| 02 Jul 2018 -
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Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig
Haig navigates a world that can be dark and stressful in search of the light that lifts the weight of the world off our shoulders; whether or not that’s possible, it’s nice to believe it is Read more »| 29 Jun 2018 -
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The Iliac Crest by Cristina Rivera Garza
Cristina Rivera Garza’s The Iliac Crest is a sensuous read with an unbounded story that calls to mind the work of David Lynch Read more »| 05 Jun 2018 -
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The Hidden Keys by André Alexis
The Hidden Keys moves with the confidence of a writer on form Read more »| 04 Jun 2018 -
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This is Just My Face by Gabourey Sidibe
Gabourey Sidibe's autobiography is fearless, funny and a staggeringly great read Read more »| 04 Jun 2018 -
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House of Stone by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma
Novuyo Rosa Tshuma's House of Stone is a remarkable novel, using the intimacy of personal narratives to sculpt the history of Zimbabwe for the contemporary reader Read more »| 04 Jun 2018