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UNSETTLING HONESTIES: Anne Casey’s ‘Portrait of a Woman Walking Home’ reviewed by Gillian Swain

Portrait of a Woman Walking Home is a slim book, but it is not a light read. The book has weight and a texture that may well rub you up …

My Father’s Shopping List (Mark O’Flynn)
The trouble with having a doctor for a father is …
Mama Said (David Ishaya Osu)
Breakfast Table Mama serves us coffee at night. Not because …
Simone Says (Emily Barber)
I wake naked in an empty bed. ‘Reuben?’ I call, …
REMEMBERING A DISREMEMBERED PAST: Brenda Saunders reviews Jeanine Leane’s Walk Back Over
Edited by Robyn Cadwalader In this consistently strong collection Janine …
The Health Inspectors Part II* (Anthony Macris)
(from an untitled novel in progress) Later that night, lying …