Longlisted for the ARA Historical Fiction Prize and the UK Walter Scott Historical Novel Prize, The First Friend by journalist, author and SMH columnist Malcolm Knox, is a black comedy starring Stalin’s henchman, Lavrenty Beria and his (fictional) best friend and adopted brother Vasil Murtov. This is the book description: Even the worst person has […]| ANZ LitLovers LitBlog
Firstly, I would like to thank everyone who contributed to #ShortStorySeptember. The aim was to discover short story collections that are good to read, and what we have collectively achieved is to offer something for everyone. There are stories from all over the world, there are translations, there are stories from the 19th (colour-coded green) […]| ANZ LitLovers LitBlog
Andrew Roff’s first novel Here Are My Demands is left-wing political fiction at its most forceful. It’s speculative fiction set in a near-future Australia where there is government rul…| ANZ LitLovers LitBlog
