Review by Camilla Patini The construction of whiteness and what this means for women and people of colour is the subject of Australian writer Ruby Hamad’s excellent first book, White …
Writing the River: Robbie Coburn reviews Robert Adamson’s Reaching Light
Review by Robbie Coburn I have been considering how it would feel to read Robert Adamson’s work for the first time through this book, remembering the first time I read …
A thin stream of black ink (Catherine Hanrahan)
The vodka has done its job. The tremors in her hands have almost stopped. She opens the door of the flat and goes down the back stairs, feet ginger on …
Old and New Frontiers: Gay Lynch’s Unsettled
Review by Carmel Bendon Edited by Robyn Cadwallader Readers expect historical fiction novels not only to evoke authentically a particular time and place but also to be accessible and relatable …
Hustling the Hustlers (Jenny Hedley)
In July 2015, on a normal night’s work, a girl sat down next to me and urinated on her chair. I shoved the dancewear I was selling into suitcases to …
Riding the Bus in Denver (Sheila Black)
I rode the bus in Denver. I rode it early in the morning and late at night, and sometimes I waited a long time in the cold wind of December …
Cracked and Riddled Sidewalks (Montana Rogers)
Tiny pinpricks of flaming orange light the night with a soft bronze glow. Across the still lake, dark mountains loom high above the city. The town center glows brightest, and …
Village Intellectual (Ewa Mazierska)
Whenever I would think about village intellectuals, I used to be reminded of my father. He had a relatively modest amount of formal education, consisting of attending secondary school in …
Filled with Memories (Brooke Madison)
Gita had a particularly vivid dream one night, cocooned within the walls of the hospital room. Maybe it was because of all the medication she was on. She woke, her …
Loud (Georgia Rose Phillips)
At an age where I am too young to be cognisant of time’s passing my mother announces the word audiologist to the kitchen sink. She is unconsciously circling around the …