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Australian fiction | Dirt Poor Islanders by Winnie Dunn

Meadow Reed used to get confused when explaining that she had grandparents from Australia, Tonga and Great Britain. She'd say she was full-White and full-Tongan, thinking that so many halves made separate wholes. Despite the Anglo-Saxon genetics that gave Meadow a narrow nose and light-brown skin, everybody who raised her was…

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What we’re reading: Andrew, Knight & Fan

Each week our wonderful staff share the books and music that they've been enjoying.

Yasmin Baker is reading Your Blood, My Bones by Kelly Andrew

I recently read Your Blood, My Bones by Kelly Andrew in one sitting – I could not put it down! It was spooky and the plot was intense, but for me it was the characters…

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The Women’s Prize for Fiction 2024 shortlist

The shortlist for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2024 has been announced! The Prize is awarded annually to the author of the best full-length novel of the year written in English and published in the UK. The winner receives £30,000, anonymously endowed, and the ‘Bessie’, a bronze statuette created by the artist Grizel Niven.

Monica Ali, the Women's Prize for…

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