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UW Does AWWC 2021

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 By Underground Team

Last year the Underground team took on the Australian Women Writers Challenge, committing to the Franklin level challenge to read at least ten

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Interview: Dub Leffler, illustrator of Bindi, by Lauren Pratt

January 10, 2021January 14, 2021 By Underground Team

Following on from her review of Bindi, Lauren interviewed illustrator Dub Leffler about what it was like to create the illustrations for this

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Interview: Kirli Saunders, author of Bindi, by Lauren Pratt

January 10, 2021January 14, 2021 By Underground Team

Author photo by Salty Dingo Media Kirli Saunders is a proud Gunai woman who has released a new children’s verse novel titled Bindi.

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Review: Bindi by Kirli Saunders, by Lauren Pratt

January 6, 2021January 14, 2021 By Underground Team

Title: BindiAuthor: Kirli SaundersIllustrator: Dub LefflerPublished: November 2020Publisher: Magabala Books To read and consume the verse novel Bindi is a gift—especially for children

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AWWC Wrap-Up for 2020

December 31, 2020January 14, 2021 By Underground Team

In January the Underground Team took up the Australian Women Writers Challenge for 2020, pledging the Franklin-level challenge where we committed to read

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Review: Windfall by Ketan Joshi, by Jess Gately

November 29, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: Windfall: Unlocking a fossil-free future Author: Ketan Joshi Publisher: NewSouth Books ‘Australia’s new decade has opened with the static anxiety of helplessness

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Review: Hysteria by Katerina Bryant, by Grace Wholley

November 25, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: Hysteria Author: Katerina Bryant Publisher: NewSouth Publishing  Katerina Bryant’s Hysteria does not fall comfortably into a familiar literary category: it is not

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Interview: Dr Anne Ryden, Danish-English translator, by Shelley Timms

November 22, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Dr Anne Ryden Dr Anne Ryden is a Danish-English translator, and a senior lecturer in Professional Writing and Publishing at Curtin University where

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Review: Where The Fruit Falls by Karen Wyld, by Lauren Pratt

November 18, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: Where The Fruit Falls Author: Karen Wyld Publisher: UWAP Where The Fruit Falls is Karen Wyld’s debut award-winning novel which delves into

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Books to Get You in the Mood for Summer, by Kate Lomas Glendenning

November 15, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Cover photo by Karolina Grabowska from Pexels Since we’ve all spent nearly the entire year stuck indoors because of You Know What, it

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Review: Skyglow by Leslie Thiele, by Dylan Dartnell

November 11, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: Skyglow Author: Leslie Thiele Released: October 2020 Publisher: Margaret River Press ‘A woman adjusts to her new urban landscape. A slaughterman comes

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Review: Little Jiang by Shirley Marr, by Jess Gately

November 5, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: Little Jiang Author: Shirley Marr Illustrator: Katy Jiang Publisher: Fremantle Press Published: 1st October 2020 This review was first published in the Underground

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Interview: Laura Elvery by Lauren Pratt

November 4, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Underground Junior Editor Lauren Pratt speaks with Laura Elvery about women in science, inspiration, and her new short story collection Ordinary Matter.  Congratulations

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5 Aussie book-to-screen adaptations you’ll want to watch

November 1, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Book-to-screen adaptations are a controversial art. The limitations of special effects and other behind the scenes factors can make it difficult to accurately

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An interview with Maria Papas, winner of the 2020 TAG Hungerford Award, by Shelley Timms

October 28, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Maria Papas is the winner of the City of Fremantle 2020 TAG Hungerford Award, announced on Thursday 22nd October at an awards ceremony

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Review: Fauna by Donna Mazza, by Dylan Dartnell

September 30, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: Fauna Author: Donna Mazza Publisher: Allen & Unwin Fauna is Donna Mazza’s tribute to an unsettling future that seems as near as

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Review: Return Ticket by John Doust, by Kate Lomas Glendenning

September 23, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: Return Ticket Author: Jon Doust review Publisher: Fremantle Press Genre: Historical fiction Favourite quote: “Perhaps I wash the dishes the way I

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Review: The History of Mischief by Rebecca Higgie, by Dylan Dartnell

September 13, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: The History of Mischief Author: Rebecca Higgie Publisher: Fremantle Press Winner, Fremantle Press, The Fogarty Literary Award 2019 Introducing Rebecca Higgie and her

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“I had to do justice to this story”: An interview with Danielle Binks, by Max Vos

September 10, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

  Danielle Binks is a Melbourne-based author and agent, who recently published her debut novel The Year the Maps Changed with Hachette Australia.

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Reviews: ‘under/Limelight’ and ‘Kindred: 12 Queer Stories’, by Jess Rae

August 30, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Reading has been a tricky task for many during isolation. We think that because we have way more free time we should use

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Upcoming New Releases We’re Looking Forward To, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

August 26, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Here at Underground we’re always hearing about new and exciting books being released in Australia. There’s always a delightful and relevant combination of

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Review: Siarad by Caroline Reid, by Dylan Dartnell

August 16, 2020January 2, 2021 By Underground Team

Title: Siarad: Poetry & Prose Publisher: ES-Press, an imprint of Spineless Wonders Published: 2020 ‘Siarad [sha-rad] is a Welsh word meaning to talk,

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Interview: Charmaine Ledden-Lewis, illustrator of Bruce Pascoe’s ‘Found’, by Ebony Bryant

August 12, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Illustrator Charmaine Ledden-Lewis Charmaine Ledden-Lewis makes her debut into the illustration world, capturing the vivid beauty of the Australian Outback, in Bruce Pascoe’s

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Review: Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff, by Jess Gately

August 5, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: Aurora Rising Authors: Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff Genre: YA/Sci-Fi Publisher: Allen & Unwin This review was first published in the Underground

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Review: How to be Australian by Ashley Kalagian Blunt, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

July 12, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: How to be Australian Author: Ashley Kalagian Blunt Publisher: Affirm Press Favourite quote: “I couldn’t do the PR application, and more urgently,

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Review: Fire Front poetry anthology, by Shelley Timms

July 8, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: Fire Front: First Nations Poetry and Power Today Editor: Alison Whittaker Genre: Anthology/Poetry collection Publisher: UQP “Our legacies become futures, written from

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8 Aussie Sci-Fi Authors Whose Books You Should Read, by Jess Gately

July 1, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Marianne de Pierres Where better to start than with this boundary-crossing writer who has graced Australian publishing over and over again. Since 2003,

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Review: The Coconut Children by Vivian Pham, by Ebony Bryant

June 17, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: The Coconut Children Author: Vivian Pham Genre: YA, coming-of-age, urban fiction Favourite quote: ‘The coconut children on the trees need to drop

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6 Australian Book Awards to Follow if You’re Not a Literary Fiction Reader, by Jess Gately

May 20, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Book awards are a great way to find new reads from authors you may not have heard about, and also provide an easy

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Review: An Inheritance of Secrets by Sonya Bates, by Shelley Carter

May 17, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: Inheritance of Secrets Author: Sonya Bates Genre: Historical Thriller Publisher: HarperCollins Australia (2020) After the horrific death of her Oma and Opa,

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Six Historical Fiction Books by Aussie Authors, by Shelley Carter

May 13, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

When I’m in a reading slump, or feel as though I need an escape from the world, I tend to gravitate towards historical

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Review: The Salt Madonna by Catherine Noske, by Jess Gately

May 6, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: The Salt Madonna Author: Catherine Noske Publisher: Picador Australia Genre: Thriller, literary fiction This review was first published in the Underground zine, issue

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Review: In the Dark Spaces by Cally Black, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

April 29, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: In the Dark Spaces Author: Cally Black Genre: YA Sci-fi Thriller Publisher: Hardie Grant Egmont Cally Black’s debut YA novel, In the Dark

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Review: The Year the Maps Changed by Danielle Binks, by Max Vos

April 28, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: The Year the Maps Changed Author: Danielle Binks Publisher: Hachette Australia Fred has to get used to a lot in 1999—her family

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Review: The Valley by Steve Hawke, by Kate Lomas Glendenning

April 26, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: The Valley Author: Steve Hawke Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Fremantle Press(2018) I have never quite read a mystery novel like Hawke’s before. What

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How To Support Yourself and Other Authors While Self-Isolating by Jess Rae

April 19, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Image from Pixabay free images We’re in an unprecedented time. Stores, restaurants and entertainment venues are closed; people have lost their jobs; we

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Review: The Fragments by Toni Jordan, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

April 12, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

The Fragments by Toni Jordan is a brilliant novel incorporating themes of coming of age, taking charge of one’s destiny, and learning to

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Bookish Bullet Journal Spreads by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

March 25, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Image from Canva free stock images Bullet Journaling has been around for a while now, and there are many niche areas you can delve into

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Review: The Daughter of Victory Lights by Kerri Turner, by Shelley Carter

March 22, 2020November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: The Daughter of Victory Lights Author: Kerri Turner Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: HQ Fiction, HarperCollins Australia imprint, (2020) After serving her country proudly

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Interview: Theresa Smith at the Australian Women Writers Challenge, by Shelley Carter

March 18, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Theresa Smith is the Team Coordinator and Historical Fiction Editor for the Australian Women Writers Challenge, which Underground is participating in this year.

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