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Title: Before You Knew My NameAuthor: Jacqueline BublitzGenre: Mystery; FeminismPublisher: Allen & UnwinPublished: May 2021 TW: murder; sexual assault; gendered violence What neither
Title: The Girl RemainsAuthor: Katherine FirkinGenre: Crime & MysteryPublisher: Penguin Random House AustraliaPublished: May 2021 If, like me, you are on a crime
Title: The BreakingAuthor: Irma GoldGenre: FictionPublisher: MidnightSun PublishingPublished: March 2021 Irma Gold’s debut novel is a confronting and emotionally gripping work of literature.
Title: Snow White Rose RedAuthor: Kate ForsythIllustrator: Lorena CarringtonGenre: Fairytales; RetellingsPublisher: Serenity PressPublished: May 2020 This review was first published in issue 34:
Genre: Children’s picture booksPublisher: Magabala BooksAuthors: Ambelin Kwaymullina; Helen Milroy; and Sally MorganPublished: February, March, and April 2021 Magabala Books have recently published
Title: Like MotherAuthor: Cassandra AustinGenre: Fiction; ThrillerPublisher: Penguin Random House AustraliaPublished: March 2021 Favourite quote: “Secrets, lies and crying babies, everyone has a
Title: The MistakeAuthor: Katie McMahonGenre: Literary Fiction/ThrillerPublisher: Echo PublishingPublished: March 2021 The Mistake is a debut work from Katie McMahon told from the
Title: Eye of a RookAuthor: Josephine TaylorGenre: Historical FictionPublisher: Fremantle PressPublished: February 2021 Josephine Taylor’s debut novel Eye of a Rook is a
Last year the Underground team took on the Australian Women Writers Challenge, committing to the Franklin level challenge to read at least ten
Theresa Smith is the Team Coordinator and Historical Fiction Editor for the Australian Women Writers Challenge, which Underground is participating in this year.