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Read an interview with Laura Pettenuzzo on Crip Stories
Crip Stories is a collection of short works from disabled people, combining memoir, essays and poetry.
GOOD READING spoke to LAURA PETTENUZZO about her experiences editing the collection, and how the word 'crip' is now reclaimed and celebrated.
MEET LAURA PETTENUZZO
What initially drew you to this collection?
When Michelle (from Mascara Literary Review) first approached me with the idea for this anthology, several years ago ...
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Features
In The Mother Fault, KATE MILDENHALL paints a prescient picture of motherhood in a dystopian Australia. MAX LEWIS ...
In NICCI FRENCH’s new crime thriller, House of Correction, there’s been a gruesome murder. There is only one ...
LEON SILVER’s book, The Miracle Typist, is the true story of his father-in-law, Tolek Klings, who was ...
MEG KENEALLY, dived into history ... literally ... as part of the research for her latest historical novel, The ...
Our September book club selection is The Lying Life of Adults by ELENA FERRANTE, a book long anticipated by gr ...
According to a very unscientific straw poll conducted with friends and family, it would seem that Detective ...
This is the story of a nature writer’s transformation into a dryad, a Green Man, a spirit of the oak.
Exhausted ...
When you’re reading a book about murder and trying to unmask a dangerous killer, the words ‘exuberant’, ...
MALCOLM KNOX's new book, Bluebird, is about longing, regret, redemption and the terrible legacy of decades of ...
SABRINA GHAYOUR's new collection of unmissable dishes in her signature style, influenced by her love of fabulous ...
After releasing The Godmother to critical acclaim readers are thrilled as HANNELORE CAYRE releases her new ...
To celebrate his dazzling debut The Gravity of Us, Good Reading's sister publication, SpineOut, chatted to ...
Rebel Gods is the thrilling conclusion to the ‘Monuments’ series by YA superstar WILL KOSTAKIS. Newbie gods ...
After releasing The Godmother to critical acclaim readers are thrilled as HANNELORE CAYRE releases her new ...
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Reviews
Alex cut himself off from his famous film director parents and twin sister Amy when he ran away from Auckland to ...
It’s hard to be excited about the future right now’ reads the Media Release. It’s a difficult statement to ...
Martha loves her husband, Patrick. Or does she? While Patrick has been in love with her since he was 14, for ...
Be prepared. Before you open this book, take a deep breath … it might be a while before you come up for air. ...
Imagine what Australia means to culturally diverse writers, not just of Australian Indigenous heritage, but also ...
It’s easy to compartmentalise climate change as something amorphous; it gets dumbed down by statistics and endless ...
Case Somer Sivrioğlu is the Turkish-born chef and owner of Efendy and Anason restaurants in Sydney. David Dale is ...
In the age of clickbait, fake news and native advertising, the art of news has certainly lost its bite. After ...
Every now and again a book comes along that speaks to us as readers. Asking us to look at not just what we read or ...
Idealism and masochism aren’t always the same thing, but with Gordon Grimes, you get a two-for-one deal. The ...
I enjoyed Follett’s bestselling novel The Pillars of the Earth despite the much-criticised historical inaccuracies ...
Joel is single. Since he discovered as a child that he has prophetic dreams about the good and bad that will ...
Two years ago, Caitlin was a normal 20-something woman enjoying life and not the sort of person who would have ...
In this collection of short stories, Brisbane-based author has taken inspiration from the 20 women who have been ...
A book about death and dying, longing and be-longing (sadly) seems fit for purpose in these times. This is a slim ...
This delightful new novel defies genre description.
First, we have what promises to be chick lit, with Kate, ...
On occasion it happens that a book really sinks into your psyche and you find yourself thinking about it days ...
Sam Midford is the popular host of a current affairs program, Midnight Tonight. He’s just gone on air and the crew ...
Five years after Belfast lawyer Steve Cavanagh published The Defence, his series starring con man turned New York ...
Did you know There’s a Zoo in your Poo? It needs a Zookeeper And that Keeper is YOU!
What a brilliant title for a ...
Has Netflix’s staggering rise been because of the way the company is run, or was the world ripe for streaming TV ...
This year Spot is celebrating his 40th birthday! Yes, believe it or not, the first edition was published in 1980 ...
This is a story where
In this land a war began, bringing great upheaval.
Some men were forced into camps to ...
When Nick decides he wants to be a magician, he has no idea how important that is. At first, it’s just a matter of ...
When Bea’s parents separated, they gave her a notebook which contained a list of things that wouldn’t change even ...
These two little books in the ‘Puffin Little’ series are just perfect for those children who have an unquenchable ...
The day that Bea looks into the eye of an old hare, her life begins to change. She meets Lars, a good-looking ...
This is 1957 in Washington State – but not as you know it. Yes, there is the Cold War, Eisenhower as president, ...
Haywire by Claire Saxby is based on real events during World War II - the arrival of Germans who had been declared ...
The title of actor John Wood’s autobiography is a self-deprecating comment about the heights he feels he’s reached ...
Cinema luminary Werner Herzog has already called Stone’s autobiography about his years leading up to the 1986 ...
The ageing widow Vesta lives in a former girl-scout camp with her dog Charlie, on the outskirts of a sleepy rural ...
Sometimes a writer announces themselves with such ferocity and brilliance that it’s impossible to ignore. That’s ...
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