The 25 best Australian books of 2022: Chloe Hooper, Alex Miller, Jessica Au and more Just in time for your Christmas shopping: Guardian Australia’s critics and staff pick out the best of the best The Guardian - AU · Dec 19, 2022
Shannon Burns' Childhood is a story of disconnection, neglect, violence and poverty Shannon Burns’ memoir Childhood begins with an epigraph from Leo Tolstoy’s book of the same name: The Conversation · Oct 10, 2022
‘I didn’t want to make public my suffering’: Janine Mikosza on reinventing the trauma memoir Having lived in 14 houses before she was 18, Mikosza’s Homesickness is a dialogue between two versions of herself, as she interrogates her past – and tests her memory The Guardian - AU · May 23, 2022
How to write about broken trust in a memoir? Janine Mikosza’s Homesickness maps trauma in bold new ways […] what would it mean if you moved from house to house regularly? What would that do to your idea of yourself? How does it construct or alter the space inside you, your internal floor plan? The Conversation · May 16, 2022
‘Exquisite’, ‘extraordinary’, ‘insightful’: the best Australian books out in May At the beginning of each month, Guardian Australia editors and critics pick out the upcoming titles they’ve already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on The Guardian - AU · May 1, 2022