Australian Book Review
@AustBookReview
Australia's leading literary magazine of reviews, essays, commentary, and creative writing. Home to the Jolley, Porter, and Calibre prizes.
You can read the May 2025 issue now: australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/cur…
‘For Levy’s devotees, The Position of Spoons will be another encounter with her stylistic eccentricities and humorous mode of looking at the world.’ Beth Kearney reviews ‘The Position of Spoons: And other intimacies’ by Deborah Levy | @PenguinBooks australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/cur…
ABR is delighted to announce the appointment of Ben Brooker as its inaugural Arts Editor.
ABR is delighted to announce the appointment of Felicity Plunkett as its new Poetry Editor.
‘The Name of the Sister seems laden with meaning and import but I struggled to work out what these were and how they might fit together.’ Maggie Nolan reviews ‘The Name of the Sister’ by Gail Jones | @text_publishing
‘Hamersley Iron’s workforce went from total collective bargaining in 1992 to ninety per cent individual contract coverage ... Striking Ore illuminates what has been lost through that transformation. ’ Joshua Black reviews ‘Striking Ore’ by Alexis Vassiley | @MonashPub
This week on the ABR Podcast we feature James Curran’s commentary ‘Balance sheet blues: The pros and cons of Pax Americana coming to an end’. australianbookreview.com.au/podcast/760-th…
This week on the ABR Podcast we feature Robin Boord’s essay ‘Consolation of Clouds’, which was placed third in the 2025 Calibre Essay Prize. australianbookreview.com.au/podcast/760-th…
australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/cur… @PenguinBooks @PenguinUKBooks
‘Sebald’s essays on Austrian literature feels like a timely reanimation of tropes ... that have assumed the immobility of an allegorical frieze around the stone foundation of the twentieth century’s horror.’ Andrew McCann reviews ‘Silent Catastrophes’ by W.G. Sebald
Australian Book Review is delighted to announce that the 2026 Peter Porter Poetry Prize is now open for entries. The prize, worth a total of $10,000, will be judged Judith Bishop, Felicity Plunkett, and Anders Villani. australianbookreview.com.au/prizes-program…
‘Motherhood is, Vogel insinuates in Mother Play, both play and performance.’ ‘Mother Play: A play in five evictions: Paula Vogel’s take on motherhood and memory’ by Diane Stubbings | @MelbTheatreCo australianbookreview.com.au/arts-update/10…
‘It is, however, the confounding structure that turns out to be the twist in Carbon, the book.’ Dave Witty reviews ‘Carbon: The book of life’ by Paul Hawken | @text_publishing
This week on the ABR podcast we feature Shan Windscript’s review of ‘Bombard the Headquarters!’ by Linda Jaivin. australianbookreview.com.au/podcast/760-th…
