Waiting for the Rain, Charles Mungoshi
The award-winning writer Charles Mungoshi is recognised in Africa, and internationally, as one of the continent’s most powerful writers today. This early novel deals with … Read more
Spotlight – Neus Figueras
Click here to return to the series The global novel exists, not as a genre separated from and opposed to other kinds of fiction, but … Read more
Bewilderment, Richard Powers
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory, a powerful new novel that asks an essential question: What are we doing to our children? They … Read more
American Delirium, Betina González
Despite its plenty, nature is a source of immense alienation, a transcendent domain whose existence must be inferred from pale and rippled reflections. González’ writing … Read more
Redder Days, Sue Rainsford
…One wonders if there wasn’t something in the air over the past few years that contributed to Redder Days’ sense of foreboding. Certainly, given the … Read more
Termination Shock, Neal Stephenson
The #1 New York Times bestselling author returns with a visionary technothriller about climate change. Neal Stephenson’s sweeping, prescient new novel transports readers to a … Read more
The Old Woman and the River, Ismail Fahd Ismail
The story is about the life-giving powers of women; it is also a story about hope and the possibilities of the human spirit even in … Read more
Smokehouse, Melissa Manning
Smokehouse is an assured and accomplished collection, and a thoroughly immersive read that celebrates the landscape and the community of Tasmania. Read it if you … Read more
Spotlight – Wolf Light by Yaba Badoe
Click here to return to the series The global novel exists, not as a genre separated from and opposed to other kinds of fiction, but … Read more
Indie Corner – Jaimee Wriston
Back to the Indie Corner series I’m thrilled to talk with Jaimee Wriston Colbert again. In this Indie Corner, we explore her new novel How … Read more
Popisho, Leone Ross
A sensual novel, Popisho conjures a world where magic is everywhere, food is fate, politics are broken, and love awaits. Everyone in Popisho was born … Read more
Once There Were Wolves, Charlotte McConaghy
From bestselling author Charlotte McConaghy, Once There Were Wolves is a novel about a scientist reintroducing wolves to the Scottish Highlands, and the secrets that … Read more
And Lately, The Sun, Calyx et al.
Bushland is burning. The Arctic is shedding ice. And around the world, people are imagining futures which function. Gritty, graceful, commonsense or whimsical, these twenty … Read more
Beneath the Mountain, Luca D’Andrea
Nestled in the Dolomites, this breathtaking, rural region that was once part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire remains more Austro than Italian. Locals speak a strange, … Read more
After Australia, Michael Mohammed Ahmad, et al.
Climate catastrophe, police brutality, white genocide, totalitarian rule and the erasure of black history provide the backdrop for stories of love, courage and hope. In … Read more