This month, we're all about media representations with Soaliha spotlighting Colored Television by Danzy Senna, a 2024 satirical novel about biracial representation in media, and Jan offering a trifecta of new reads on the media’s complicity in the Gaza genocide.
This month, Jan and Soaliha are spotlighting I Who Have Never Known Men, a French science fiction novel about a woman raised in an underground bunker, and Getting Murdoched, a carefully researched deep dive into how the Murdoch empire bullies its victims.
A memoir about grief and fertility that lured Antoinette back to non-fiction and a blisteringly funny collection of short stories that has become the internet’s latest obsession.
This month we're spotlighting a burgeoning romance taking place amidst a ruinous civil war, and a thrilling eco-horror novel about intergenerational trauma.
This month, we're spotlighting a deep dive into Japan's spiritual traditions and a multigenerational story about defiance and family.
This month we're spotlighting a buoyant, intimate memoir that seamlessly fuses history and biography and a disarmingly sincere novel that may best be understood backwards.
This month we're spotlighting a tender, cathartic tale and a read that couldn't be further from that
Ette’s resident book worm (no, not me) weighs in with her fave fiction read and I keep it in the family (literally) with this month’s non-fiction recommendation.
Adelaide Writers’ Week may have been canceled but that doesn’t mean you can’t hear from the authors.
This month the Halloween spirit has compelled me to recommend two frighteningly good reads - one fiction and one non-fiction - perfect for the spooky season. Let’s get into it.
An IRL book club discusses the best book of the century (big call!) plus a handbook for these treacherous times packed with eternal wisdom. Welcome to October’s Fran Friday Book Club.
