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Ette’s Friday Book Club: Sydney Writers Fest Edition

This month, we're spotlighting a deep dive into Japan's spiritual traditions and a multigenerational story about defiance and family.

Ette Media's Friday Book Club brings you one fiction and one non-fiction recommendation on the last Friday of each month and this month we're spotlighting a deep dive into Japan's spiritual traditions and a multigenerational story about defiance and family.

G’day folks, 

We thought we’d start today’s book club newsletter with a little bit of a literary humblebrag: Antoinette’s book Women Who Win was the #1 selling book at Sydney Writers Festival and she was also the top-selling Australian author at Melbourne Writer’s Festival. Is this what people mean by girlbossing too close to the sun?

We’re feeling inspired by her success and so have decided to have a theme (!!!) for this month’s picks which is: Sydney Writers Fest! We’ve decided to highlight and amplify the work of authors who held sessions at the festival because we love local literary scenes.

So, without further ado…

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