The Children by Melissa Albert review – intriguing fairytale of creativity’s dangers | Fiction

The Children by Melissa Albert review – intriguing fairytale of creativity’s dangers | Fiction

Children’s writers are sometimes cruel, and often damaged. And, as AS Byatt put it crisply when talking about her 2009 novel The Children’s Book: “Writing children’s books isn’t good for the writer’s... Read more »
The Given World by Melissa Harrison review – a stunning tale of rural life for an era of ecological crisis | Books

The Given World by Melissa Harrison review – a stunning tale of rural life for an era of ecological crisis | Books

Sitting stoned on a hill above his village, a young man muses on his place in the world. Connor is proud to have fenced pastures while his mates have been away at... Read more »
Melissa Lucashenko wins ,000 prize for novel that ‘elevates our understanding of Queensland’s soul’ | Australian books

Melissa Lucashenko wins $30,000 prize for novel that ‘elevates our understanding of Queensland’s soul’ | Australian books

Melissa Lucashenko’s historical novel Edenglassie, about the colonisation of Magandjin/Meanjin/Brisbane, has won the highest accolade at the Queensland literary awards, with the judges praising it as a work that “elevates our understanding... Read more »
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