The bright, youthful voices of Jessica Au’s characters flew across the pages in Cargo, (a novel released by Picador in August last year) and Jessica herself is a breath of …
Robert Goodman reviews A Tiger in Eden
The start of A Tiger in Eden feels like a cross between Trainspotting and The Beach. Nevertheless, it is a promising beginning – Billy, a Northern Irish hardman on the …
An Element of Wish Fulfilment: Chris Flynn's A Tiger in Eden
Review by Robert Goodman The start of A Tiger in Eden feels like a cross between Trainspotting and The Beach. Nevertheless, it is a promising beginning – Billy, a Northern …
Adventures in the Book – and Shirt – Trade (David Cohen)
People who work in small independent bookshops often find themselves going to great lengths to satisfy customers, no matter how idiosyncratic their tastes might be. But the truly dedicated …
The playful provocation of a complex tapestry (Robyn Cadwallader)
The cover of Susan Hawthorne’s Cow, both back and front, is an Indian-style patchwork featuring cows in paintings, photos, carvings, bas relief, even street signs (‘Beware of Cattle on Road’), …
The Playful Provocation of a Complex Tapestry: Susan Hawthorne’s Cow
Review by Robyn Cadwallader The cover of Susan Hawthorne’s Cow, both back and front, is an Indian-style patchwork featuring cows in paintings, photos, carvings, bas relief, even street signs (‘Beware …
Ghosts I and II (Sarah St Vincent Welch)
I Ghosts shift by the road in the moonlight, standing in line, alert. A collision with a kangaroo is not only unpalatable to the kangaroo but is expensive to the …
Eight Rules for Making Fire (Shane Strange)
I watch him through the kitchen window as he cuts the wood, outside, in the cold morning. He has his back to me. I watch as he braces his …
Do You Remember? (Laurie Steed)
It’s fifteen years since the accident and the guy who fell off the ute is back on track. He’s got a job at DPC and has coffee-drinking competitions with a …
THE REACH AND THE ENGAGEMENT: an interview with Rob Spillman
EMILY KIDDELL I heard a rumour that the good people of Tin House might be keen to visit Australia with a version of the increasingly popular Tin House Summer Writers …