Respect in Oxford’s manual May sound technical, “A due regard for other feelings, Wishes and rights” A bit lexical. Let me put it in words more poetical, Respect is engaging with sensory organs, That’s the essence, That’s the chemical. Seen…
Early childhood, while mostly confined to the haze of our initial memories, is full of profound milestones. Our first words, first crawls, and first steps being the big events which spring to mind. However, hidden from the doting eyes of…
By Killian MacDonald Have you ever heard the term ‘adult human female’? This wonderful use of the English language is a phrase coined by anti-transgender rights activist Kellie-Jay Keen, in her attempt to define what a ‘real woman’ is. Keen,…
Review by Manu Patil A change-provoking novel, The Good Captain takes us on a journey through a dying ocean on a ship full of radical environmentalists and dirty politics, exploring a grim reality. Adding to the growing genre of Cli-Fi, Sean Rabin…
Review by Phoebe Cuskelly Inga Simpson’s The Last Woman in the World exploits the fear inspired by Australian environmental disasters to deliver a post-apocalyptic thriller. The novel revolves around Rachel, a social recluse living off the coastline of New South…
Review by Jack Bell The most common thing you’re likely to hear about Shrines of Gaiety is that it’s Dickensian. That word will be on the back blurb of your copy, you’ll see it pop up in almost every review,…
Review by Josephine Renee – Does Perfect on Paper handle important relationship issues? Yes. – Are queer and questioning themes discussed at length? Absolutely. – And is there an Aussie nestled into the love triangle of this American high school…
By Shelbi Lascelles Spanning 22 years, John Purcell’s The Lessons, is a bildungsroman looking into the formative years that led to the destruction and rebirth of a young girl, following the basic premise of girl meets boy, girl and boy…
The Last Days by Ali Millar, reviewed by Taylor Beckett ‘There was never any possibility of escaping God… God was the whole world, and I was his puppet’ Ali Miller’s The Last Days is a haunting memoir of a girl…
Review by Grace Harvey Based on a real-life shipwreck off the Dutch Island of Texel, Lauren Chater’s The Winter Dress promises an ‘intriguing story of love, loss and fulfilment’. It definitely didn’t live up to these heights. I was left…
