'Before he became the legendary Mao's Last Dancer, Li Cunxin was a peasant boy in communist China with nothing to his name but a burning desire to work harder than everyone else.'
'I usually love Christmas films. But when you've had a hard year, as so many of us have, their garish gleam can feel like too much.' (Introduction)
'Australian outback noir — crime fiction set everywhere from dry and dusty farming communities to sleepy seaside towns — has become a global publishing sensation.' (Introduction)
'In 2022, Charlotte Wood had just finished the first draft of her new novel, Stone Yard Devotional, when she received the terrible news that her older sister had breast cancer.'
'Born and raised in Parramatta, it's not so much the familiarity, relatives or friends that made Yumna Kassab happy to call the suburb home. It was a football club.' (Introduction)
