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1 ‘Playful’, ‘Elegant’, ‘Utterly Transporting’: The Best Australian Books Out in August Sian Cain , Rafqa Touma , Donna Lu , Bec Kavanagh , Steph Harmon , Yvonne C Lam , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 5 August 2023;
— Review of Young Rupert : The Making of the Murdoch Empire Walter Marsh , 2023 single work biography ; West Girls Laura Woollett , 2023 single work novel ; The Hummingbird Effect Kate Mildenhall , 2023 single work novel ; Life Keeps Me Dancing : 108 Years Well Lived, Grounded in Creativity, Adventure and Love Eileen Kramer , 2023 single work autobiography ; God Forgets About the Poor Peter Polites , 2023 single work novel ; Serengotti Eugen Bacon , 2023 single work novel
1 ‘Lyrical’, ‘Weird’, ‘Delicious Fun’ : The Best Australian Books Out in September Steph Harmon , Sian Cain , Yvonne C Lam , Michael Sun , Rafqa Touma , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 6 September 2023;
— Review of Frank Moorhouse : A Life Catharine Lumby , 2023 single work biography ; Never Look Desperate Rachel Matthews , 2023 single work novel ; Sunbirds Mirandi Riwoe , 2023 single work novel ; The Bannerman Shortlist Colin Batrouney , 2023 single work novel ; Songs for the Dead and the Living Sara Saleh , 2023 single work novel ; Ordinary Gods and Monsters Chris Womersley , 2023 single work novel ; Storytellers : Questions, Answers and the Craft of Journalism Leigh Sales , 2023 selected work interview ; The Modern Anna Kate Blair , 2023 single work novel
1 ‘Exciting’, ‘Bold’, ‘Laugh Out Loud’ : The Best Australian Books Out in July Steph Harmon , Sian Cain , Susan Wyndham , Declan Fry , Rafqa Touma , Yvonne C Lam , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 6 July 2023;
— Review of Wifedom : Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life Anna Funder , 2023 single work biography ; The Scope of Permissibility Zeynab Gamieldien , 2023 single work novel ; The Pole and Other Stories J. M. Coetzee , 2023 selected work short story ; Restless Dolly Maunder Kate Grenville , 2023 single work novel
1 Don’t Give up Your Day Job : How Australia’s Favourite Authors Are Making Ends Meet Rafqa Touma , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 17 December 2022;

'According to new research, writing books brings in $18,200 a year on average. This leaves the celebrated authors we spoke to hustling seven days a week'
1 Son of Sin by Omar Sakr Review – A Queer Muslim Boy Comes of Age in Poetic, Vivid Debut Rafqa Touma , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 25 February 2022;
— Review of Son of Sin Omar Sakr , 2022 single work novel

'A sexual awakening underscores bigger tensions – of faith, racism, tradition and shame – in a tender and candid first novel from the prize-winning poet'
1 Well-dressed and Distressed : Why Sad Young Women Are the Latest Book Cover Trend Rafqa Touma , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 5 February 2022;

'Their lives are tough. Their clothes are stylish. Their faces are hidden. The cover girls of today’s book have a lot in common – but are they here to stay?' 
1 Hilary Mantel, Mad Max and Donald Trump : What We Learned from Sydney Writers’ Festival Steph Harmon , Janine Israel , Natasha May , Rafqa Touma , Kelly Burke , Shelley Hepworth , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 3 May 2021;
1 ‘A True Work of Art’ : Evie Wyld Wins $50,000 Stella Prize for The Bass Rock Rafqa Touma , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 22 April 2021;

'The author’s third novel spans three eras to give voice to the ‘collective grief’ of violence against women. In 2021, it couldn’t be more timely.'
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