A new novel from Australian author Jennifer Mills finds an immediate way to talk about the ever-present but rarely acknowledged threat of climate change.
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A crowd-funded graphic novel by two Melbourne authors reflects the truth of sharing your life with others.
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In reading Alexander Weinstein’s Children of the New World Connor discovers that dystopic visions of the future no longer seem divorced from reality.
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Maxine Beneba Clarke’s The Hate Race is an enlightening examination of how bullying and bigotry are only separated by the passage of years.
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Connor traces the fading tie between cigarette and serious literature as he reviews Gregor Hens’ Nicotine.
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Ahead of appearances in the coming week by John Darnielle and Roxane Gay at Adelaide Writers’ Week, Connor takes on their latest respective works and finds two very different stories that share a penchant for layered meaning.
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After reading the inside story of Indonesia as told by a British outsider, Connor reflects on the simultaneous pitfalls and value of objectivity.
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Connor dips into the realm of cult fiction and finds that emerging authors are reworking and redefining the genre – just as they should be.
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