Anna Beer’s "Eve Bites Back" is a scrupulous study of the complicated creative realities of eight influential but often unheeded women writers. Beer notes that power dynamics of access and discourse make it challenging for women... Read More

In Kent Quaney’s captivating novel "One Breath from Drowning", pursuits of love and self-fulfillment are complicated by family, religion, finances, and addiction. Sydney is the setting for this detailed story about a thorny romance... Read More

Irish journalist Sally Hayden’s "My Fourth Time, We Drowned" is a meticulous account of the horrifying North African refugee crisis. In 2018, Hayden received a surprise Facebook message from an Eritrean man locked inside of a Libyan... Read More

Robyn Doolittle’s "Had It Coming" is a nuanced, unbiased investigation of rape culture and sexual assault prosecution in the #MeToo era. Doolittle asserts that #MeToo never would have achieved critical mass without the signal boost... Read More