September 1, 2016
‘The Hate Race’ by Maxine Beneba Clarke
Culture
Hachette; $32.99
Brenda Walker
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April 1, 2016
‘The High Places’ by Fiona McFarlane
Culture
Hamish Hamilton; $32.99
September 1, 2015
‘A Guide to Berlin’ by Gail Jones
Culture
Random House; $32.99
July 1, 2015
‘Forever Young’ by Steven Carroll
Culture
HarperCollins; $29.99
March 1, 2015
‘The Illuminations’ by Andrew O’Hagan
Culture
Faber & Faber; $29.99
November 1, 2014
‘The Golden Age’ by Joan London
Books
Vintage Australia; $32.99
September 1, 2011
‘Her Father’s Daughter’ by Alice Pung
Culture
Alice Pung’s first book, Unpolished Gem (2006), was the work of a young, amusing and astute writer. While Her Father’s Daughter again makes use of Pung’s family background (she was born in Australia to ethnically Chinese refugees …
August 5, 2010
‘Rocks in the Belly’ by Jon Bauer
arts
British–Australian writer Jon Bauer’s superb first novel Rocks in the Belly is a finely drawn vision of jealousy, resentment and self-vindication, revealing how this toxicity can flourish in childhood and develop in adult life. As a novel …