Cirrus@Austlit

'Edges are magic, writes Ali Smith in her genre-crossing 2012 book Artful. ‘‘[T]here’s a kind of forbidden magic on the borders of things, always a ceremony of crossing over, even if we ignore it or are unaware of it.’’ Australia’s Helen Garner ‘‘has always been a boundary-crosser’’, argues academic and researcher Bernadette Brennan.' (Introduction)

'Eva Hornung’s first novel in nine years ventures into a bestial world where tragedy and religion meet, writes Stephen Romei.' (Introduction)