'Debut novel is carried by the self-aware snark of the besotted protagonist – an endearingly messy twentysomething ensnared by insecurities'

'Three women inhabit the space between illness and recovery in a novel that moves with a syrupy slowness, refusing our thirst for plot' (Introduction)

'Spanning 1933 to 2181, this ambitious novel explores the future of humanity through the lives of a few women, zeroing in on capitalism, AI and violence'

'The story of Tommy, a boy who is forgotten on the same day each year by everyone who knows him'  (Introduction)

'The author’s second novel is impressively constructed, following a young woman who was raised by a group of men beholden to her celebrity mother' (Introduction) 

'Set in a remote town where a schoolgirl disappears, this debut arrives with high praise from other crime novelists – and it’s truly excellent'

'In their abstract weaving of genres, the writers attempt to relay the chaos, wonder and grief of motherhood. It doesn’t always work – but when it does, it’s a triumph'

'Laura Elvery’s second collection of short stories, Ordinary Matter, takes its inspiration from the mere twenty times women have won the Nobel Prize for science. And yet it isn’t science that connects the pieces in this collection, but the ‘softer’ stuff: the women in these stories are united by themes of motherhood, love, art – experiences which are often problematised, or portrayed as obstacles to a more ‘successful’ career-driven life. The choice between intellectual and domestic fulfilments, women are typically told, is an either/or deal. In Ordinary Matter, Elvery upsets these stereotypes, levelling the playing field between domestic, creative, and intellectual ambitions.'  (Introduction)

'Disher’s story of a burnt-out cop investigating his mother’s disappearance asks complex questions of its male characters.' (Introduction)