Tag Archives: Literature and Fiction

Distinctive narration by a "rudeboy" helps drive a debut novel exploring life and conflict in multicultural London.

Twenty years after it was released, a collection of post-apocalyptic stories remains relevant today.

A colorable premise of a near-future America controlled by huge conglomerates and fundamentalist Christians loses its way and its power in its execution.

A collection of short stories doesn't quite get to grips with the great subject of the modern migration out of Africa.

Annette Gilsono's debut novel surprises with a blend of utopian literature, chaos theory and New Age concepts.

Authors are often told to “write what they know”, but the stories I enjoyed the most were those in which imaginations were allowed free rein.

All of Australia's history is here, in stories that form a universal account of 20th-century life and 'progress'.

A perfect antidote to Harry Potter withdrawal and anticipation.

Re-writes and editing were not just exercises in cleaning and polishing, but a means of reintroducing myself to the characters.

Leave it to Roth to make contemplating the failings of health and the inevitably of death readable.