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Lots of fiction read in April—going on holidays means more thrillers, rom-coms, and mysteries than heavy nonfic.

One of my faves was definitely Birnam Wood, which I was approx 1000 years late to but found so compelling and sharp. It's set in a country New Zealand where a guerrilla gardening group gets tangled up with a shady billionaire.

Would love to hear what you’ve been reading — drop me your faves! Always chasing that next five-star read. 📚💬

Fiction
🌲 Birnam Wood, by Eleanor Catton
🧈 Butter, by Asako Yuzuki
🔪 An Ethical Guide to Murder, by Jenny Morris
🌙 The Midnight Feast, by Lucy Foley
🎥 Fan Service, by Rosie Danan
🪟 The One Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, by Jonas Jonasson
🩺 Acute Reactions, by Ruby Lang
🎭 Woo Woo, by Ella Baxter
♥️ Well Matched, by Jen DeLuca
🏪 Convenience Store Woman, by Sayaka Murata

Non-Fiction
🖤 Black Convicts: How Slavery Shaped Australia, by Santilla Chingaipe
🏚️ Squat: A Week Squatting at Kanye’s Mansion, by John Safran

Lots of interesting books read in March this year! 📚

Long Yarn Short, Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts

"I share my story not because it is unique, but because it is not."

Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts is a proud Bundjalung Widubul-Wiabul woman. She is a lawyer and human rights activist whose research focuses on the consequences of the forcible removal of First Nations children from their families.

This book is the intersection of her academic research and personal experience—Vanessa herself was stolen from her family, community and kinship systems as a child.

It's an unflinching look at a broken system. A tough, but important read.

#IndigenousBooks #IndigenousBookstagram #TruthTelling #BlakBooks #AusLit #FirstNationsWriters

Drop Bear, Evelyn Araluen

I don’t usually read poetry, and as a result I probably tend to read it like a novel, speeding through it without taking the time to savour all the sounds of the words. An English teacher once told me that poetry is meant to be read aloud, and I think I agree.

That being said, I did really enjoy Araluen’s collection. Her voice is clear and truthful as she turns her gaze onto the modern myths of colonial Australia, family, Country, and more.

This International Women’s Day, make sure you’re reading books by and about a diverse range of women 💜

#InternationalWomensDay #IWD #IWD2025 #RightsEqualityEmpowerment #feministbooks #bookstagram #australianbookstagram #australianbookstagrammer #bookrecommendations #diversebooks

Strong Female Character, Fern Brady

It took Scottish comedian Fern Brady until she was 34 to be diagnosed with autism. Her good grades and social masking, eye contact and ability to ‘get boyfriends’ were all reasons she was denied an autism diagnosis for so long.

This is despite the fact that she spent many of her child and teenage years in mental health crises—in and out of psych wards and counselling, frequently suicidal, and misdiagnosed.

Brady’s story is more confronting than many; after being kicked out of home, Brady experienced violence, homelessness, substance abuse, disordered eating and domestic abuse. She also mistreated people she cared about and made poor decisions.

So much of this book is about the tragedy of being unseen and unknown. Until health institutions have adequate research and data about how all kinds of conditions—including autism—present in women, they will continue to ‘slip through the cracks’ and miss out on appropriate care.

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