Hossein Asgari’s ‘Only Sound Remains’ Reviewed by Max Bledstein | Sydney Review of Books
‘While feelings of hopelessness do not abate for the characters, they are inextricable from the beauty of the literary and cultural allusions prevalent in…
David Kelly’s ‘Host City’ Reviewed by Graeme Aitken | DNA Magazine Australia
‘The publication of ‘Host City’ is very welcome indeed… this book is something of a wild ride!’ Check out Graeme Aitken’s (The Bookshop…
David Kelly’s ‘Host City’ Reviewed by Maks Sipowicz | Meanjin Quarterly
‘What’s most striking about Host City is a sense of longing for the kind of easy camaraderie that comes from finding your people when…
David Kelly’s ‘Host City’ Reviewed by Finley at Collins Booksellers Mildura
‘Host City accomplishes a feeling of absolute realness… something better than either memoir or novel alone: a newly minted myth, so alive and fresh…
David Owen Kelly’s ‘Host City’ Reviewed by Cameron Woodhead | SMH/The Age
‘The fictional elements are realised with a full-bloodedness and emotional delicacy reminiscent of Edmund White.’ A great review of David Kelly‘s Host City…
Catherine McNamara’s ‘The Carnal Fugues’ Reviewed by Debra Adelaide | Australian Book Review
‘Intriguing and cosmopolitan, McNamara’s stories are infused with historical weight and a worldly wisdom suggestive of timeless, even epic, narrative.’ A cracker of a…
Jill Jones’ ‘Acrobat Music’ Reviewed by Andy Jackson | Sydney Review of Books
‘With their proliferation of question marks and hypotheticals, and their music, these poems rouse, prod, and rattle. They invite us to inhabit our own…
Kathryn Lomer’s ‘AfterLife’ Reviewed by Anthony Lynch | Australian Book Review
‘Written mostly in free verse with occasional forays into rhyme, AfterLife is an elegant, beautifully cadenced collection that addresses major themes with economy and…
Helen Hayward’s ‘Home Work’ Reviewed by Brooke Boland | The Saturday Paper
‘Hayward writes thoughtfully about the value we give to housekeeping and the domestic side of our lives’ Brooke Boland’s fine review of Helen…
Andrew Sant’s ‘Near the Border’ Reviewed by Geoff Page | Australian Book Review
‘A poet of remarkable consistency, not only in overall quality, but in tone and concerns.’ Geoff Page’s insightful review of Andrew Sant’s Near the…
