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JOhn Crow's Devil By Marlon James
What to make of this debut? Festooned with cockies and pokies galore, bestiality, rape, pedophilia, whippings, and suicide.
Akilah White
Dec 6, 20193 min read


FRIDAY BOOK DEBRIEF VOL 03
Some of the books our writers have been reading this week. Including The Nickel Boys, The Water Dancer, So Sad Today and Crazy Brave.

Admin
Dec 6, 20193 min read


My Name is Revenge by Ashley Kalagian Blunt
"Who after all speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?" - Adolf Hitler, 1939

Elaine Mead
Dec 5, 20194 min read


7 Beach Read Recommendations
The lazy hedonistic joy of being on an Australian beach in summer negated the words. – Christos Tsolkias
Michaela O'Keefe
Dec 5, 20193 min read


HOW TO COME ALIVE AGAIN BY BETH MCCOLL
The book doesn’t suggest decluttering will change your life or kale will cure your depression.

Seonaid Murray
Dec 3, 20193 min read


DICKS IN DECEMBER
Dick the halls…oh wait, no I mean DECK the halls. It is finally December, Sluts.

Courtney Dyer
Dec 2, 20193 min read


Supermarket by Bobby Hall
"Art imitates life. Life imitates art?"

Jackie McMinn
Dec 2, 20193 min read


My 2019 5 Star Reads: Fiction Edition
These were the books that wove intricate, imagined stories and characters and used them to reflect the true lives and realities around me.

Mariah Coffelt
Nov 30, 201912 min read


sabrina & COrina: STORIES by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Kali Farjado-Anstine’s masterful collection of short stories, Sabrina & Corina, is a force to be reckoned with.

Marian Perales
Nov 30, 20193 min read


FRIDAY BOOK DEBRIEF VOL 02
Every week we’re sharing what our writers are currently reading. Please join in the chorus and tell us what you’ve been enjoying or...

Jessica Maria
Nov 30, 20193 min read


20ish Questions with Courtney Dyer
What’s your name, what do you do and where do you come from? Courtney Dyer. I am from Western Sydney in NSW. I work in a bookshop and I’m...

Admin
Nov 29, 20198 min read


I MIGHT REGRET THIS BY ABBI JACOBSON
I have not once in my life laughed harder than the time Abbi on Broad City got injected with Epinephrine at her fancy birthday dinner trying
Maggie Briana Chidester
Nov 29, 20199 min read


BOOKS ON FEMALE FRIENDSHIP THAT WILL HAVE YOU LONGING FOR FORMER FRIENDS
I’ve realized over the years that I have a penchant for stories about women’s friendships. Perhaps part-ignited by paying attention to...

Jessica Maria
Nov 26, 20194 min read


“Sometimes Dead is Better”: Grief and Transformation in Pet Sematary (2019)
“And the most terrifying question of all may be just how much horror the human mind can stand"

Angela Morrison
Nov 26, 20194 min read


THE LAGER QUEEN OF MINNESOTA BY J. RYAN STRADAL
I didn't want to say goodbye to these characters. I wanted to stand in a doorway with them forever.
Maggie Briana Chidester
Nov 25, 20196 min read


The Deeper the Water, The Uglier the Fish by Katya Apekina
Have you ever picked up a copy of a book that you’ve seen everywhere, hoping it lives up to all the hype? This was that book for me.

Karla Mendez
Nov 24, 20194 min read


Friday Book Debrief Vol 01
Welcome to the first installment of Friday Book Debrief. Every week we’ll be sharing what our writers are currently reading.

Admin
Nov 23, 20192 min read


Maggie's Top Five Favorite Books Of All Time
Just when you thought your TBR couldn’t be longer, authors somehow KEEP publishing books?!
Maggie Briana Chidester
Nov 22, 20197 min read


Congratulations to the 2019 National Book Award Winners
Two months ago I woke up early on a Sunday of all days—and by early I mean before even my four-year-old child—to make sure I got a train...

Jessica Maria
Nov 21, 20192 min read


My 2019 5 Star Reads: Nonfiction Edition
These are the nonfiction reads that stood out in a sea of imagined stories & showed that sometimes life is even more unbelievable than fic

Mariah Coffelt
Nov 21, 20195 min read


HAVE YOU EVER UGLY-CRIED READING ABOUT FALL OUT BOY?
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us By Hanif Abdurraqib: Review
Maggie Briana Chidester
Nov 19, 201911 min read


A list of Queer Books to binge on
Summer 2019 was a queer bookfest for me. These recommendations are the best of what I read during my binge.

Isabella Badaoui
Nov 19, 20192 min read


The Secret Life of a bookseller in London
This week; an insight into the perils of British drinking culture, behind the scenes of a Young Adult book convention, the delight that is..

The Secret Life of..
Nov 13, 20199 min read


DON'T HOLD MY HEAD DOWN BY LUCY-ANNE HOLMES
Sex is (dear reader, replace these parentheticals with any descriptor. Sunshine. Leftover pizza for breakfast. A blessing or a curse.) But

Aleesha Koersen
Nov 7, 20195 min read
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