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1 Pheasants Nest by Louise Milligan Claire Nichols , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , March 2024;
— Review of Pheasants Nest Louise Milligan , 2024 single work novel
1 From Alexis Wright to Tony Birch and Evelyn Araluen: Powerful Books by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writers Kate Evans , Claire Nichols , Sarah L'Estrange , Declan Fry , Cher Tan , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , January 2024;
— Review of Praiseworthy Alexis Wright , 2023 single work novel ; Edenglassie Melissa Lucashenko , 2023 single work novel ; Women and Children Tony Birch , 2023 single work novel ; Firelight John Morrissey , 2023 selected work short story ; Harvest Lingo Lionel Fogarty , 2022 selected work poetry ; Close to the Subject : Selected Works Daniel Browning , 2023 selected work essay interview ; Dropbear Evelyn Araluen , 2021 selected work poetry essay ; The Yield Tara June Winch , 2019 single work novel
1 The New Books Our Avid Readers and Critics Couldn't Put down in November Kate Evans , Claire Nichols , Sarah L'Estrange , Declan Fry , Cher Tan , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , November 2023;
— Review of The Conversion Amanda Lohrey , 2023 single work novel ; Women and Children Tony Birch , 2023 single work novel ; Question 7 Richard Flanagan , 2023 single work prose
1 The Best New Books Released in September, as Selected by Avid Readers and Critics Kate Evans , Claire Nichols , Sarah L'Estrange , Declan Fry , Cher Tan , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , October 2023;
— Review of Close to the Subject : Selected Works Daniel Browning , 2023 selected work essay interview
1 The Best New Books Released in August, as Selected by Avid Readers and Critics Kate Evans , Claire Nichols , Sarah L'Estrange , Declan Fry , Cher Tan , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , August 2023;
— Review of God Forgets About the Poor Peter Polites , 2023 single work novel ; Vincent and Sien Silvia Kwon , 2023 single work novel
1 The Best New Books Released This Summer, as Selected by Avid Readers and Critics Kate Evans , Claire Nichols , Declan Fry , Cher Tan , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , February 2023;
— Review of Taken Dinuka McKenzie , 2023 single work novel ; The Exclusion Zone Shastra Deo , 2023 selected work poetry
1 The Best New Books Released in November as Selected by Avid Readers and Critics Kate Evans , Claire Nichols , Sarah L'Estrange , Declan Fry , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , November 2022;
— Review of Clarke Holly Throsby , 2022 single work novel ; Shirley Hazzard : A Writing Life Brigitta Olubas , 2022 single work biography ; Salonika Burning Gail Jones , 2022 single work novel
1 The Best New Books Released in October as Selected by Avid Readers and Critics Kate Evans , Claire Nichols , Sarah L'Estrange , Declan Fry , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , October 2022;
— Review of Seeing Other People Diana Reid , 2022 single work novel ; Limberlost Robbie Arnott , 2022 single work novel ; The Sun Walks Down Fiona McFarlane , 2022 single work novel
1 The Best New Books Released in September as Selected by Avid Readers and Critics Kate Evans , Claire Nichols , Sarah L'Estrange , Declan Fry , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , September 2022;
— Review of People Who Lunch : Essays on Work, Leisure and Loose Living Sally Olds , 2022 selected work essay ; This Devastating Fever Sophie Cunningham , 2022 single work novel
1 The Best New Books Released in August as Selected by Avid Readers and Critics Kate Evans , Claire Nichols , Declan Fry , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , August 2022;
— Review of Marlo Jay Carmichael , 2022 single work novel ; Against Disappearance : Essays on Memory 2022 anthology essay ; Every Version of You Grace Chan , 2022 single work novel
1 Five Memorable Trees in Books We Love, from The Magic Faraway Tree to Too Much Lip Claire Nichols , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , August 2022;

'I read a lot of books in my job. And over the last several years, I've noticed an intriguing trend. Trees are popping up everywhere.'
1 Tim Winton on Blueback, Ningaloo, and 40 Years of Writing Claire Nichols , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , August 2022;
1 The Best New Books Released in July as Selected by Avid Readers and Critics Kate Evans , Claire Nichols , Sarah L'Estrange , Declan Fry , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , August 2022;
1 Miles Franklin Literary Award 2022 Shortlist Reading Guide Kate Evans , Claire Nichols , Sarah L'Estrange , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , July 2022;

'The shortlist for this year's $60,000 Miles Franklin Literary Award spans from an experimental novel by a two-time winner to one that was self-published; it contains more women than men, and three of the five novels are first- or second-generation migrant stories.' (Introduction)   
1 The Best Books Released in June - from Historical Fiction to Memoir and Poetry Kate Evans , Claire Nichols , Sarah L'Estrange , Declan Fry , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , June 2022;
— Review of Horse : A Novel Geraldine Brooks , 2022 single work novel ; The Coast Eleanor Limprecht , 2022 single work novel ; Big Beautiful Female Theory Eloise Grills , 2020 single work autobiography ; Harvest Lingo Lionel Fogarty , 2022 selected work poetry
1 The Best New Books Released in May as Selected by Avid Readers and Critics Claire Nichols , Sarah L'Estrange , Declan Fry , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , May 2022;
— Review of Losing Face George Haddad , 2022 single work novel ; Daisy and Woolf Michelle Cahill , 2022 single work novel ; An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life Paul Dalla Rosa , 2022 selected work short story ; The Jaguar Sarah Holland-Batt , 2022 selected work poetry
1 Here’s Your Reading Guide to the Best New Writing by Australian Women and Non-binary Writers Kate Evans , Claire Nichols , Sarah L'Estrange , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , April 2022;

'For the first time, poetry and a graphic novel make up the bulk of the unconventional and transgressive Stella Prize shortlist.'
1 The Best New Books to Read in November As Selected by Avid Readers and Critics Kate Evans , Claire Nichols , Sarah L'Estrange , Declan Fry , Khalid Warsame , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , November 2021;
— Review of Devotion Hannah Kent , 2021 single work novel ; How to End a Story : Diaries 1995–1998 Helen Garner , 2021 single work diary ; The Last Woman in the World Inga Simpson , 2021 single work novel 'Welcome to ABC Arts' monthly book column. Each month, we'll present a shortlist of new releases read and recommended by The Bookshelf's Kate Evans and The Book Show's Claire Nichols and Sarah L'Estrange — alongside freelance writers and book reviewers. This month, we're thrilled to present recommendations from Declan Fry and Khalid Warsame.'
1 The Booker Prize 2021 Shortlist : A Reading Guide Kate Evans , Claire Nichols , Sarah L'Estrange , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , October 2021; 'When this year's Booker Prize shortlist was announced, our first thought was, "Where are the Brits?"'
1 The Best New Books to Read in October As Selected by Avid Readers and Critics Kate Evans , Claire Nichols , Sarah L'Estrange , Declan Fry , Khalid Warsame , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , October 2021;
— Review of Leaping into Waterfalls : The Enigmatic Gillian Mears Bernadette Brennan , 2021 single work biography 'Welcome to ABC Arts' monthly book column. Each month, we'll present a shortlist of new releases read and recommended by The Bookshelf's Kate Evans and The Book Show's Claire Nichols and Sarah L'Estrange — alongside freelance writers and book reviewers. This month, we're thrilled to present recommendations from Declan Fry and Khalid Warsame.'
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