Confessions of a Mask (1949) – MISHIMA Yukio
I’ve been scouring my uni’s library for hard-to-find books in the last few weeks, since tomorrow, I will no longer live in the same city. I’ve been particularly interested in […]
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The Beloved (2012) – Annah FAULKNER
I don’t think I need to write here about the state of the Queensland literary scene after the axing of the QPLA, so I won’t. What I will say is […]
The Marriage Plot (2011) – Jeffrey EUGENIDES
Jeffrey Eugenides’ previous novel, Middlesex, rightly won the Pulitzer Prize in 2003 – it’s an excellent novel, and you should all check it out if you haven’t already. But that […]
Breath (2008) – Tim WINTON
I tried to read Cloudstreet a few years ago. It didn’t end well – for me, or for Tim Winton, who I vowed to never read again. But then Breath […]
Jasper Jones (2009) – Craig SILVEY
One of the many perks of working in a bookshop is being able to read books before they come out. Publishers like to send us things that they hope we’ll […]
The Catcher in the Rye (1945) – J.D. SALINGER
This wasn’t on my list of things to read next – now that I’m back home, I have access to a place of employment that lets me borrow books! But, […]
