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Politics in a Pandemic,
single work
column
'Following the death of her mother from Covid-19, the author has encountered the ugly ways in which the virus has been politicised by the Victorian opposition and even strangers in the street. By Sian Prior.' (Introduction)
- Jacaranda, single work short story
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Danielle Clode, In Search of the Woman Who Sailed the World,
single work
review
— Review of In Search of the Woman Who Sailed the World 2020 single work biography ;'There had been an undercurrent of speculation aboard the Étoile about smooth-faced Jean Barret, the stoic and hard-working assistant and personal valet to the ship’s naturalist-doctor, Philibert Commerson. In April 1768, after the ship moored off Tahiti, a local man, immediately perceiving what the French crew had only guessed, cried out, “Ayenne!” – “Woman!” Jeanne Barret’s secret was out.' (Introduction)
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Nardi Simpson, Song of the Crocodile,
single work
review
— Review of Song of the Crocodile 2020 single work novel ;'Yuwaalaraay author Nardi Simpson’s debut novel, Song of the Crocodile, begins with a vision of the sign welcoming visitors to the country town of Darnmoor, “the Gateway to Happiness”. “The sign taunts a fool into feeling some sense of achievement, that you have reached a destination at the very least,” writes Simpson, before continuing: “Yet … Darnmoor itself is nothing.”' (Publication summary)
