Australia’s favourite authors share their favourite books of the 21st century
The first 25 years of this century have seen millions of books published worldwide. Of these, many have…
Leonora Carrington’s The Stone Door
Leonora Carrington The Stone Door NYRB, 2025 In Leonora Carrington’s The Stone Door, the unnamed narrator traverses Mesopotamia…
DEENA ELGENAIDI with Nina St. Pierre
Rail: In popular media, we see the stereotype of returning to the homeland as some sort of panacea—a…
Poet Rebekah Burgess explores love and loss in latest book ‘Hope Floats’
“Things then seemed to just naturally flow around that.” The book is dedicated to that “key figure” in…
Vivian Browne: My Kind of Protest
Vivian Browne: My Kind of ProtestEdited by Adrienne L. Childs and Amara AntillaGiles, in association with the Phillips…
Anne-Marie Te Whiu on new book of poetry, Mettle, and why she dedicated it to her younger self
Anne-Marie Te Whiu is generous. Quick to laugh and to smile. There is a slight lag online as…
In Mani Rao’s new book of poetry, formal precision meets playfulness and depth
The poems of Mani Rao, one of today’s renowned poets, are known for their astute lines, closely observed…
Pepo Moreno’s GAY THOUGHTS – The Brooklyn Rail
GAY THOUGHTSPepo MorenoParipé Books, 2025 Pepo Moreno’s GAY THOUGHTS opens with a scribbled bookplate: “THIS BOOK BELONGS TO __________,”…