THE BOOK THAT SHOWS YOU CAN’T GO BACK
Michelle Kelly, on making the journey back to Sweet Valley as an adult. “When they hit downtown Sweet Valley it was closed up tight...
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From the Vault: The book that fed my football obsession by Ellen van Neerven
This is a The Book That... post from award-winning Indigenous Australian writer Ellen van Neerven. You can check out her website here, ...
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From the Vault: Eli Glasman on The Book That Gave Me YA Writing Guidance
This is a 'The Book That...' post from Eli Glasman. Eli Glasman's debut novel, The Boy's Own Manual to Being a Proper Jew (Sleeper...
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The Book That Made Me Want to Join a Commune
Laura Woollett, on the book that made her want to join a commune (or at least write about one). I’m starting this diary because I really want t...
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The Book That | Maybe Gets It Better Than Its Author Does
This is a piece by Elizabeth Flux, on how sometimes a book works it out much faster than the author does. Three years ago I found myself sitting ...
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The Book That | Finally Got Me Writing Again
This is a Book That piece by Bri Lee about the joys/perils of reading Helen Garner. I’m in the middle of writing my first book and it...
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The Unnatural Way of Things
This is a Book That piece by Hannah Donnelly, on decolonising country in Australian literature. Driving out of ...
The Book That | Turned Me Into a Zombie Apocalypse Prepper
This is a The Book That piece, by Liam Pieper, about becoming a zombie apocalypse prepper. I should begin this with disclaimer. I ...
The Book That Made Me an Ungrateful Shit
This is a Book That piece, by Sebastian Gonzalez. The clock strikes midnight and it’s officially Latino Christmas. After several steady hours o...
The Book That Stayed With Me (Literally)
This is a The Book That piece, by Anna-Spargo Ryan. When I was a little girl my mother worked part-time in the Law faculty at Adelaide Uni. Dad w...
The Book That Smashed the Sea
This is a book that... piece by Charles Cave. Franz Kafka once said “A book must be the axe which smashes the frozen sea within us.” I ...