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I loved this a whole lot. In narrative loops Mengestu tells the story of Mamush and his father Samuel. It’s a layered complex narrative about immigration and exile that moves in unexpected ways. I was astounded by how good it was and wish it wa
A quirky book about the nature of renting and precarious housing which let’s be honest is not often explored in fiction. I loved the protagonist’s obsession with her imagined replacement tenant in the house she just moved out of. I love w
Last one. If you’re in this reading game purely for the prose then Martyr!, Orbital and Small Rain are for you. If you’re in it for the art of storytelling then James, There are Rivers in the Sky, The Alternatives and The Coast Road have
I read a lot of great Australian fiction this year, here are my favourites. 2024 will always be the year of Woo Woo for me, the year Baxter took her rage and fear and made it a fecund work of art. Woo Woo slapped me in the face and set me on fire and
What a year of books it has been! Starting with non-fiction, here are some of my absolute faves. (I never include books I worked on for obvious conflict of interest reasons.) Australian fiction tomorrow!
This will take you back to the Obama campaign which is bittersweet but preferable to where we find ourselves. That sweet smell of hope is intoxicating but Cunningham reveals other aspects of the campaign far less appealing. This is a clever nuanced n
I loved the ways Darragh plays with form to tell this multi-generational decidedly working class story of women who don’t particularly enjoy their roles as wives and mothers. In each short vignette we don’t immediately know which member o
I loved chatting to Annie Smithers today at @mountainfestivalmacedon about the joys and challenges of growing produce at scale for a restaurant. Follow @kittensmithers @babbingtonpark and @du_fermier as they fight archaic water laws that prevent them
What even is this book? I have no idea what just happened but I know that tonally it was incredibly interesting. Who is the narrator addressing? What is going on with the coin and the Birkin bags? I’m going to read every Palestinian writer I ca
Garth Greenwell convincing me that I might actually love autofiction (or at least when it’s done this well). Greenwell uses a long and complex hospital stay to explore memory and the nature of care and love. The beauty is in all the details and
Being asked to suggest and review books for @galah.press was a huge honour. When they then contacted me asking to publish my 100 Books list I could not believe it had found such a perfect home in print. I created the list for readers in response to t
An absolute masterclass in how to honour someone’s life after their death. The audio is read by Julia Roberts and Riley Keough with short sections narrated by Lisa Marie Presley herself. It’s short (far too short) and just very sad.