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1 Jenny Valentish : Women of Substances DV , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 10-16 June 2017; 'If anyone is qualified to give a firsthand account of the ways addiction, treatment and recovery are deeply gendered experiences, it’s certainly Jenny Valentish, who has more than enough knowledge of addiction to fill any number of memoirs. Fortunately, Valentish also has the mind of a journalist, and in her new book, Woman of Substances, she combines investigative rigour with illustrative snippets from her own life. The book accomplishes its balancing act well, being both gripping memoir and an illuminating investigation into the specific experiences of women with addiction. Valentish uses her own story of early trauma, teenage rebellion, alcoholism and addiction as a case study for understanding the latest research into how addiction functions. In straightforward, lively prose she relates even her darkest moments without self-pity or aggrandisement, and often with a streak of gallows humour, leading to more laugh-out-loud lines than you might expect.' (Introduction)
1 Eliza Henry-Jones Ache DV , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 27 May - 2 June 2017; 'A year after bushfire devastated the small mountainside town where she grew up, Annie leaves her city life and strained marriage and returns with her young daughter, Pip, to the scene of the destruction. Annie clearly isn’t coping with the lingering effects of the traumatic fire, which happened while she and Pip were staying at Annie’s childhood home, and which claimed the lives of many in the community. It quickly becomes clear that everyone who lived through it, including Annie’s mother and uncle, is similarly struggling to move on, expressing their trauma in myriad idiosyncratic ways. '
1 Sally Abbott's Closing Down DV , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 13-19 May 2017; 'Some time in a not-too-distant future, with an increasingly inhospitable climate, a faceless authoritarian Australian government – unable to support a sparse population – is forcing people into overcrowded “inclusion zones”. The outside world is racked by crisis after crisis. Whole countries are bought and sold, entire populations cast into horrific refugee camps that engulf continents, food supply is shaky – everything is shaky. It is a callous and cruel society, and it feels terribly familiar. '
1 [Review Essay] Frogkisser DV , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 4 March 2017; 'Garth Nix has a gift for writing interesting, complex and capable young women, as anyone who has read his Old Kingdom fantasy series (Sabriel, Lirael etc) will already know. In his new book, Frogkisser!, the young woman at the centre of the action is Anya, princess of a tiny magical kingdom under the de facto rule of her evil step-stepfather (it’s complicated) Duke Rikard, a sorcerer whose power and influence is growing by the day.' (Introduction)
1 Adele Dumont, No Man Is an Island DV , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 30 July 2016;
— Review of No Man Is an Island : One Teacher’s Story of How Humanity and Hope Flourished behind Barbed Wire Adele Dumont , 2016 single work autobiography
1 Jane Abbott, Watershed DV , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 4 June 2016;
— Review of Watershed Jane Abbott , 2016 single work novel
1 Lian Hearn, Emperor of the Eight Islands DV , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 12 March 2016;
— Review of Emperor of the Eight Islands Lian Hearn , 2016 selected work novel
1 Debra Jopson, Oliver of the Levant DV , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 9 April 2016;
— Review of Oliver of the Levant Debra Jopson , 2016 single work novel
1 Nick Earls, Gotham DV , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 30 April 2016;
— Review of Cargo Nick Earls , 2015 single work novella
1 Holly Throsby, Goodwood DV , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 1 October 2016;
— Review of Goodwood Holly Throsby , 2016 single work novel
1 Charlotte Wood, The Natural Way of Things DV , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 3 October 2015;
— Review of The Natural Way of Things Charlotte Wood , 2015 single work novel
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