Fiction - paperback; Picador Australia; 304 pages; 2024. Dylin Hardcastle is a young Australian author, artist and screenwriter who previously wrote under the name Sophie Hardcastle. In 2020, I read their novel Below Deck about a young woman who has an emotional reckoning and enjoyed its impressive prose and mix of drama, suspense and quiet…

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08.04.2025

2025 Stella Prize shortlist – Reading Matters

The 2025 Stella Prize shortlist, featuring six works by Australian women writers, has been announced.

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13.04.2025

‘Translations’ by Jumaana Abdu – Reading Matters

Fiction - paperback; Vintage Australia; 336 pages; 2024. Building a garden as a form of healing is a common theme in literary fiction, but Jumaana Abdu's novel Translations is the first I have read in which the protagonist is a Muslim doing so in rural New South Wales. Shortlisted for this year's Stella Prize, the…

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15.04.2025

Triple Choice Tuesday (mark II): Emily Paull – Reading Matters

Find out what trio of books have made an impact on West Australian writer Emily Paull, whose debut novel has just been published.

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‘A Language of Limbs’ by Dylin Hardcastle – Reading Matters

2025 Stella Prize shortlist – Reading Matters

‘Translations’ by Jumaana Abdu – Reading Matters

Triple Choice Tuesday (mark II): Emily Paull – Reading Matters

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