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What are you reading, loving or being challenged by? We review the latest in fiction for dedicated readers and for those who wish they read more.
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New Fiction: Donal Ryan, Emma Cline, Max Easton and Sebastian Barry
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Sep 11, 202654:36completed
New Fiction from Melissa Harrison and Malcolm Knox + Mandy Sayer's Top 3
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Sep 4, 202654:37completed
Top 100 Australian Books from Byron Writers Festival
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Aug 28, 202654:36pending
Anjet Daanje's extraordinary The Stork and the Dromedary + Liane Moriarty return...
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Aug 21, 20261:05:00pending
The Haunting Wild, a Trip to Mars and Dreaming of Escape in 1980's France
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Aug 14, 202654:36pending
Miles Franklin winner Omar Musa + Booker-longlisted All Them Dogs and Téa Obreht...
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Aug 7, 20261:05:09pending
Meg Mason's new novel + reviews from Hannah Kent, Andy Griffiths, Tom Wright (BO...
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Jul 31, 20261:03:09pending
From Covid-era China to the world of Frida Kahlo and Colson Whitehead's latest
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Jul 24, 202654:36pending
Art, apocalypse and country people
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Jul 17, 20261:02:46pending
Laura McPhee Browne, Leïla Slimani, Kris Kneen & Bruce Pascoe's favourite Aus bo...
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Jul 10, 202659:07pending
Melbourne Writers' Festival with Hannah Kent and Beejay Silcox
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Jul 3, 202653:57pending
The Bookshelf’s best: Four standout novels from the past year
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Jun 26, 202653:50pending
Zan Rowe and Madeleine Gray review: Chris Ames/Fiona Mozley/Niamh Campbell
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Jun 19, 202653:57pending
Michael Robotham and Roanna Gonsalves review: Andrew Sean Greer/Ilka Tampke/Mich...
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Jun 12, 202654:36pending
Hannah Kent and Tom Wright review: Maggie O'Farrell/Ann Patchett/Christine Balin...
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Jun 5, 202654:46pending
Beejay Silcox & Bernadette Brennan review: Doireann Ní Ghríofa/Chloe Wilson/Debo...
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May 29, 202654:06pending
Launching ABC Radio National’s 2026 Top 100 Books countdown at SWF
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May 22, 202654:36pending
Madeleine Gray & Tim Rogers review: Wayne Marshall/Ellena Savage/Lena Dunham/Dou...
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May 15, 202654:37pending
Elizabeth Strout returns, Caro Claire Burke's Yesteryear and more new fiction
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May 8, 202654:36pending
Hannah Kent & Tom Wright review: Amanda Lohrey/Deepa Anappara + International Bo...
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May 1, 202658:30pending
Tony Birch & Beejay Silcox review: Inga Simpson/Asako Yuzuki/Helen Bain
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Apr 24, 20261:08:08failed
Tim Rogers & Madeleine Gray review: Amitav Ghosh/Edwina Preston/Gwendoline Riley
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Apr 17, 202654:33failed
Michael Robotham & Geordie Williamson review: Steve Toltz/Ben Lerner/Siân Hughes
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Apr 10, 20261:00:56failed
~ Festival Special: Irish Writer Colum McCann
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Apr 3, 202654:37failed
Fiona Kelly McGregor: The Trap + Debra Adelaide: When I Am Sixty-Four + Yann Mar...
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Apr 3, 202654:36failed
Yann Martel, Debra Adelaide and Fiona Kelly McGregor - from myth to mid‑century...
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Apr 3, 202654:36pending
Short fiction from Louise Erdrich; essays by Alex Miller; and a surreal comic ta...
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Mar 27, 202654:36failed
Lanchester, Groff and Costello — reviewed by Hannah Kent and Tim Rogers
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Mar 20, 202658:50failed
~ Festival Special: Bringing the past to life with Emily Maguire and Jock Serong
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Mar 13, 202654:35failed
Siblings, secrets and shame in regional Australia in M L Stedman's A Far Flung L...
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Mar 6, 202654:34pending
Gabriel Tallent: Crux + Claire Thomas: On Not Climbing Mountains + Helle Helle:...
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Feb 27, 202654:36pending
Does Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights adaptation do justice to the original n...
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Feb 25, 202617:54pending
Tayari Jones: Kin + Nadia Davids: Cape Fever + two bloody rom-coms (REVIEWERS: T...
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Feb 20, 202654:32pending
So Far Gone: Jess Walter + Good People: Patmeena Sabit + Eradication: Jonathan M...
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Feb 13, 202654:36pending
Madeline Cash: Lost Lambs + George Saunders: Vigil + new releases by George Kemp...
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Feb 6, 202654:20pending
Michael Mohammed Ahmad: Bugger + Jeanette McCurdy: Half His Age + Nina McConigle...
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Jan 30, 202653:57pending
Julian Barnes: Departure(s) + Cassie Stroud: Iluka + Patrick Charnley: This, My...
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Jan 23, 202653:57pending
Festival Special: Maggie O'Farrell on Hamnet and more
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Jan 22, 2026pending
Summer Reading: at the Brisbane Writers Festival
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Jan 15, 202654:35pending
Summer Reading: with Alan Hollinghurst, Mariana Enriquez, Afra Atiq and Catherin...
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Jan 8, 202654:35pending
Summer Reading: It's time for poetry
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Jan 1, 202654:35pending
Summer Books Special: Novelist, essayist, raconteur Colm Tóibín
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Dec 31, 202552:00pending
Summer Reading: Jane Austen's Enduring Charm
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Dec 25, 202554:35pending
Summer Books Special: Irish writer Niall Williams' Time of the Child
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Dec 24, 202528:12pending
Summer Reading: Bloody Histories
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Dec 18, 202554:36pending
Some of My Favourite Books: Trent Dalton, Garry Disher and Heather Rose at Canbe...
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Dec 11, 202554:36pending
The Best Books of 2025
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Dec 4, 202554:06pending
Memoirs, Music, Mystery: new works from Sam Sussman, Sarah Hall, Margaret Atwood
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Nov 27, 202554:15pending
Salman Rushdie's latest/Scandi noir/Australian crime fiction wrap & more...
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Nov 20, 202554:37pending
Fiction bending reality in new books by Thomas Pynchon, Olivia Laing and Jeanett...
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Nov 13, 202554:35pending
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