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Books That Changed Me: Natasha Lester
Reading Joan Didion's Slouching Towards Bethlehem made Natasha Lester realise that she wanted to be a writer.
When the creative stars align
Audrey Niffenegger and her husband Eddie Campbell have collaborated on a remarkable graphic novel, Bizarre Romance.
- by Michael Cavna
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Dicey Topics: writer Reni Eddo Lodge on death, religion and bodies
The 28-year-old British journalist’s debut book, Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race, won the 2018 Jhalak Prize.
- by Benjamin Law
How hospital ship's cat called Thomas Whiskers caused a naval incident
In the final weeks of 1919, there was a skirmish between two US naval vessels when the Commanding Officer of the Solace accused the Bell of catnapping ship's mascot Tom Whiskers.
- by Philippa Sandall
Gail Jones: Novels are machines for thinking as well as feeling
The acclaimed Australian novelist Gail Jones says she is a novelist of ideas: ''Plot points are really engines for dispersed, unstable ideas about art, family and time.''
- by Caroline Baum
Jennifer Maiden's Selected Poems review: Morally complex yet accessible poetry
The popularity of Jennifer Maiden's poetry stems from her interest in moral complexity and the accessibility of her discursive mode.
- by Geoff Page
Two Sisters review: Asne Seierstad's documentary of family, religion and war
Asne Seierstad's great service in Two Sisters is to reveal the humanity at the core of dramas often presented more as part of political plays than simple truths.
- by Jonathan Green
Rise Up Women! review: Diane Atkinson on how suffragettes won the vote
Diane Atkinson's book about the suffragettes coincides with the centenary of British women getting the vote.
- by Kate Laing
Turning Pages: The joys of discovering India's greatest writer
England has Shakespeare, Russia has Tolstoy, and India has Rabindranath Tagore. Discovering his writing is one of the delights of a visit to India.
- by Jane Sullivan
Frankenstein in Baghdad review: Ahmed Saadawi's aburdist horror fantasy
Frankenstein in Baghdad is part absurdist horror fantasy, part grim recent world history, and part protest against sectarian violence.
- by Kerryn Goldsworthy