Review by Maria Ermides // Another nice feature of this memoir is that it’s perfect for picking up and putting down and re-reading for gathering inspiration. Her beautifully written snippets work seamlessly to detail her unique experience, and I can guarantee that by the time you finish ‘The Bright Side of a Broken Heart’, you will have gained a different perspective of what it means to love and lose and love once again.
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Writing by Hannah Forsdike // photograph by Francesca Ciavarella // When women are misrepresented in movies and TV shows it’s not only insulting, but it’s also difficult to identify with on screen characters. Successful fiction should allow the consumer to make a connection to the narrative; it should be comparable to real life in some way for us to be able to make sense of the story and the characters.
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Review of Lavender and Other Field Flowers by Mhari Grace by Hannah Forsdike // Her poetry is rich with nature themed metaphors and floral imagery, like the delicate petals of a flower and the life giving sunlight.
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Review by Alex Creece // Emma Michelle’s Watching Cartoons with Boys wastes few words in getting to the heart of the narrative. Each chapter emphasises a different cartoon, a different memory, and a different tone.
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Review of Wen Hsiao by Hannah Forsdike // I found Hsiao’s writing mature and insightful, and what I read certainly provoked self-examination. I can’t say I have ever read such a thorough exploration of love written by someone so young, I feel like this is the kind of writing I looked for as a teenager.
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Book review by Hannah Forsdike // Many may not consider this novel a feminist text, because at face value it does not promote gender equality. However, in a way it suggests that men and women are equal in their capability for violence, and that violence is the direct result of power.
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Review by Lachean Humphries // This book is a testament to the power of mixing nonfiction and fiction. The ideas are eerily real, fleshed out through a nightmare-like story.
Review by Lachean Humphreys // The details rendered in Cline’s writing are infallibly real but with a whimsical, romanticised taint of recalled memory.
Interview of Tara Moss by Freya Bennett // We all should be outspoken about human rights and equality, calling out discrimination when we see it, and paying particular attention to the circumstances of those who have not been experiencing equality.
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Review by Emily Clements // Reading Underground, I was inspired by Murakami’s use of voice as a way of connecting reader to subject.
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