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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
The human body is such an amazing thing. How it (mostly) continues to function as long as you feed and water ...
Counter-terrorism expert Sid Allen is back in Dead Letters, the latest thriller from journalist-turned-author ...
TREVOR SHEARSTON’s Katoomba home, set on an acre in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, is a haven for his ...
JANET SKESLIEN CHARLES’ novel The Paris Library is inspired by the true story of the librarians who risked ...
Our first Book Club pick for 2021 is based on a true story. RACHEL BEANLAND’s family saga, Florence Adler Swims ...
Fleabag meets I Am Legend in BETHANY CLIFT’s debut Last One at the Party, following one woman’s extraordinary ...
In a new series gr is highlighting some highly anticipated debuts from writers. This month we meet ALLIE ...
Finished testing your knowledge with our literary crossword? Here's the answer sheet, so you can see how you ...
Millions of Australians are struggling to make ends meet. Many are so overwhelmed by the financial impact of ...
Women of a Certain Rage is what happened when LIZ BYRSKI asked 20 Australian women from widely different ...
How to Be an Author is a how-to guide for budding writers. Between its pages is everything you need to know about ...
From an eccentric musical genius to an escaped convict who ended up Japan, JIM HAYNES reveals some of ...
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Reviews
What we need right now in the Time of Coronavirus is plenty of love, plus something to make us laugh
Her story ...
Granny Mauve always told Brigid, her little granddaughter, that the apple seed may travel far but the fruit ...
This book is quite slim. When opening it, you’ll notice the choice of typeface. If you’re of a certain age, the ...
Anne Turner is a clever woman, skilled with a needle and former wife to a respected doctor. She is summoned to ...
Globally we are currently facing a multitude of existential threats. The catastrophic impacts of climate change, ...
On the east coast of New Zealand, the tiny mining town of Hokitika is a bustling and potentially dangerous gold ...
In Take Me Apart, debut author Sara Sligar has crafted an intriguing tale of contemporary art, feminism, ...
Jodi is a junior surgical registrar in a busy hospital. She comes from a respected medical family, and so her ...
Back in the day, when the Soviets were yet to arrive in the dustbin of History, Historians of the 20th century ...
Some advice these two Sydney sisters received while researching the life of their four times great-grandmother ...
As the fifth book in the ‘Growing Up’ series, this is possibly the most diverse, the most moving, and the most ...
More than three decades after she was first published, Scottish author Val McDermid is undoubtedly a modern-day ...
Australian bestselling author of the 2019 debut thriller, Call Me Evie, is back with his third offering. ...
Ghosts is a sharp-eyed, witty book about a 30-something woman who has all the privilege of modern life. Nina ...
I enjoyed a book so much. Many of the books I read are well written, but often the subject matter makes them ...
It’s very unusual to find any novel written in the second person, let alone a majestic one. Interestingly, you, ...
Be prepared. This is a very long novel with lots of characters. There is a helpful family tree at the beginning. ...
This is an interesting collection of short stories from an Indigenous writer from Tasmania. Thompson has worked ...
The Autumn of the Ace is foremost a story of family – of marriage, love, children, resentment and loss and how ...
We all have a favourite teacher – the one who made dull lessons seem bearable, fun even. Those lessons were often ...
In the past, antique dealer turned author Kirsten McKenzie has entertained readers with tales ranging from ...
Irish author Liz Nugent has racked up #1 bestseller accolades and several awards for her compulsive stand-alones ...
The year is 1927 on Halfwell Station, over 100 km west of Geraldton, Western Australia. Remote though the property ...
Three years ago British author Stuart Turton announced his arrival on the crime scene with The Seven Deaths of ...
This, the 21st ‘Phryne Fisher’ mystery, departs a little from the conventions of the previous titles. Phryne and ...
Michael ‘Parky’ Parkinson’s latest book starts out being a history of his close relationship with his father, John ...
Iranian-born Australian filmmakers, Fotouhi and her then-husband Amin Palangi, had already made a short ...
Pattie Lees and her four younger siblings were part of the Stolen Generations. Lees’ personal account of her ...
It’s 1945 and the world is in the midst of World War II. Mrs Burton is on her regular daily bike ride in the ...
Opinions are like noses … everyone has one and, in the age of social media, they get poked into all sorts of ...
In a lengthy but fascinating tome, Harper explores many aspects of walking in the Aussie bushland. Bushwalking can ...
Fighting Words, based on the author’s personal experience, tells a story of two sisters, Della and Suki, each ...
The Other Side of the Sky explores the relationship between North, Prince of Alciel (a high-tech city in the ...
The 10th book of the ‘A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery’ series is, regrettably, the final one - or so we are ...
Cam and her little sister, Sophie, have been travelling a long way with their mum and dad to get to their ...
Nothing is how it should be. Not his birthday, not his friends or his new longed-for baby brother. After waking ...
David Walliams’ ‘World’s Worst’ series continues with The World’s Worst Parents. This series has been immensely ...
It is 511AD and our antihero, Merdyn the Wild, is in trouble again. He is on trial, accused of multiple crimes ...
In this book we catch up with some well-known characters. Rowley Jefferson, along with marketing genius, all ...
Now here’s an arty book featuring real-life doggies from Western Australia. They’re all in the dog park meeting ...
How could anyone resist reading a book with a title Colin Cockroach Goes to Caloundra?
When we meet Colin he is ...
Little Lion is an extraordinary true story about a little boy, who became lost after being separated from his ...
Way up in Northern Australia there are scary creatures that live in the rivers and the seas. Big Saltie Mumma ...
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