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Review: Good Indian Daughter by Ruhi Lee, by Shelley Timms

February 10, 2022May 7, 2022 By Underground Team

Title: Good Indian DaughterAuthor: Ruhi LeeGenre: MemoirPublished: 2021Publisher: Affirm Press The Good Indian Daughter might look different from family to family — depending

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Review: Nothing But My Body by Tilly Lawless, by Lily Maddison

September 22, 2021August 29, 2021 By Underground Team

Title: Nothing But My BodyAuthor: Tilly LawlessGenre: Literary auto-fictionPublisher: Allen & UnwinPublished: August 2021 From the minute I picked Nothing But My Body

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Review: Daughter of the River Country by Dianne O’Brien, by Sachini Poogoda

August 11, 2021July 30, 2021 By Underground Team

Title: Daughter of the River CountryAuthor: Dianne O’Brien with Sue WilliamsGenre: MemoirPublisher: Echo PublishingPublished: 2021 Trigger warning: contains mention of sexual and physical

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Review: The Shape of Sound by Fiona Murphy, by Kate Lomas Glendenning

August 1, 2021July 30, 2021 By Underground Team

Title: The Shape of SoundAuthor: Fiona MurphyGenre: Biography & MemoirPublisher: Text PublishingPublished: March 2021 As I read Fiona Murphy’s debut novel, The Shape

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Review: Eating With My Mouth Open by Sam van Zweden, by Shelley Timms

April 11, 2021April 1, 2021 By Underground Team

Title: Eating With My Mouth OpenAuthor: Sam van ZwedenPublisher: NewSouth PublishingGenre: MemoirPublished: February 2021 Eating With My Mouth Open is a deeply personal

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Review: Emotional Female by Yumiko Kadota, by Lauren Pratt

April 4, 2021March 28, 2021 By Underground Team

Title: Emotional FemaleAuthor: Yumiko KadotaGenre: MemoirPublisher: Penguin Books AustraliaPublished: March 2021 Emotional Female is a debut memoir by former-surgeon Yumiko Kadota. It is

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Review: Shanghai Acrobat by Jingjing Xue, by Kate Lomas Glendenning

March 31, 2021April 1, 2021 By Underground Team

Title: Shanghai AcrobatAuthor: Jingjing XueGenre: MemoirPublisher: Black Inc. When I heard that readers of Mao’s Last Dancer would enjoy Shanghai Acrobat, I knew

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Opportunities for Writers September 2020

September 1, 2020September 3, 2020 By Underground Team

Image from Pexels free images Kill Your Darlings First Nations Editor-in-Residence ‘We are now accepting non-fiction pitches and submissions from Aboriginal and/or Torres

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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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Take your Nonfiction to the Next Level by Shelley Carter

December 25, 2019December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Image from Canva Free Stock Images Writing long-form nonfiction can be difficult; there is a fine line between cramming as much interesting information into a book or article,

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I’ve got a story to tell; now what? By Jess Gately

October 30, 2019December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

‘I’ve got a story to tell, but I don’t know how to go about it?’ As writers, it’s not uncommon for us to

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The Writer’s Reading List: Books to help you become a successful writer by Shelley Carter

October 16, 2019December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Becoming a writer involves so much more than just having a talent for telling stories. There are so many aspects you must consider

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Writing Opportunities for October 2018

October 5, 2018October 5, 2018 By Underground Team

Wollongong Writers Festival Short Story Prize 2018 Seeking short stories up to 2,500 words on the theme ‘Feeding Time’. Entry is $15, closing

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Interview: Graham Wilson, author of the ‘Old Balmain House’ series

May 23, 2018December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Graham Wilson, self-published author of the Old Balmain House series and the Crocodile Dreaming series Graham Wilson, author An interview by Shelley Timms Graham Wilson

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Review: Honey Farm Dreaming by Anna Featherstone, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

March 30, 2018May 1, 2018 By Underground Team

Title: Honey Farm Dreaming Author: Anna Featherstone Genre: memoir Themes: Australian farm life, sustainability, agriculture, animal husbandry, humour, learning Favourite quote, p. 167:

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Jemimah Halbert’s TBR – round 2

March 13, 2018January 19, 2019 By Underground Team

In 2018 I’ve challenged myself to read further outside my usual habits, so this To Be Read list features two memoirs, a historical

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Review: ‘Women of a Certain Age’, reviewed by Shelley Timms

December 9, 2017May 1, 2018 By Underground Team

Women of a Certain Age is a collection of 15 vastly different, but all beautifully written stories about what it’s like to be

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Jemimah Halbert’s TBR list

September 29, 2017January 19, 2019 By Underground Team

I divide my To Be Read lists into roughly long-term and short-term lists. My long-term list is far too long to write about

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