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Hayley Singer's shortlisted Stella Prize book Abandon Every Hope is Stella's Book of the Month. Read more here:

https://stella.org.au/2026/08/book-of-the-month-abandon-every-hope-august-2026/

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Launch speech for Six Days by Richard Rossiter

Launch speech for Six Days, a novel by Amanda Curtin By Richard Rossiter Pigface Bookshop Perth, Saturday 22 August 2026 Two comments from the inside cover: ‘To walk these streets...

White Hibiscus by Loribelle Spirovski: a new review by Erin Scudder in Sydney Review of Books

"The book ends not by suggesting that trauma can be healed through deletion, expulsion, or resolution. Instead, it proposes a way forward through the introduction of a counterpart – an...

Amanda Curtin and Six Days

Amanda's third novel was released this week into bookshops. Here she ruminates on homelessness and a bitter winter in Paris that drew her into writing her new novel.

Blast from the Past

"I thought the book would be politely ignored so I was shocked and thrilled that it found this generous readership with the judges."

New: Sydney Review of Books July '26 – Jessica White's 'Silence is my Habitat' – by Adele Dumont

"White’s writing is rich and open to the world, and this is thanks to the aliveness of her senses...White’s hearing loss means her other senses are heightened, and it seems...

Out West:Big State, Small Town

I hope this book is widely read, as a lovely account of working for the betterment of Western Australia. It is clear, concise and honest. It should encourage more people...

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