NSW contributor
Truth Is Trouble: The strange case of Israel Folau or how free speech became so complicated by Malcolm Knox
by Andrew West •
Determining connections between books sent as a review bundle is not mandatory, but there is an irresistible tendency to find some common theme. In the case of these three novels, the theme of women’s pain, and hidden pain at that, does not need to be teased out – it leaps out. Since it is unlikely that three different authors would have colluded, the prevalence of this is worth deeper reflection, especially considering recent titles such as Kylie Maslen’s essays on illness, Show Me Where It Hurts, or Kate Middleton’s extraordinary memoir essay ‘The Dolorimeter’, placed second in the 2020 Calibre Prize.
... (read more)Truth-telling: History, sovereignty and the Uluru Statement by Henry Reynolds
by Sarah Maddison •
If Then: How one data company invented the future by Jill Lepore
by Joshua Krook •
The Book of Unconformities: Speculations on lost time by Hugh Raffles
by Dan Dixon •
Archie Jackson: Cricket’s tragic genius by David Frith
by Daniel Seaton •
Fire Flood Plague: Australian writers respond to 2020 edited by Sophie Cunningham
by Adele Dumont •