Cirrus@Austlit

'Baxter’s follow-up to New Animal is part Melbourne scene sketch, part stalker thriller – and a wholly unique manifesto for seizing creative power from fear' 

'Sixteen years after his internationally lauded debut, the author of The Boat is back. He talks about writing under pressure, and why ‘authenticity’ is a trap' 

'In this sequel of sorts to The Magpie Wing, a group of thirtysomethings share the rent in Sydney, searching for solidarity and meaning in a sterile, gentrifying world'

'The latest novel from the author of Too Much Lip splits its time between the 1800s and 2024 and provides a masterclass in humour, flair and generosity'

'There’s this thing you hear in music – or, if I’m trying for precision, in the silences in music. It’s a reaching, a stretching. There’s a suspended wonder to it; a lazy sensuality, sometimes. It’s probably in lots of places if you know what to listen for, but I hear it most in classical music, since that is where I learned to listen, to count, and to keep time. And I hear it in Simon Tedeschi’s intimate book of fragments, Fugitive.' (Introduction)   

'For fans of Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women, Cole’s second memoir deals with the pain of an ambivalent courtship – while exploring her visceral need for love'

'Set in the 2080s, this Australian debut maps the sci-fi question in a quiet romantic drama – asking what ties us to the world and each other' (Introduction)