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Melbourne writer of fiction & poetry. Friday blogger. Scarlet Stiletto Award winner 2017. Occasional spoken word performer. Querying mystery manuscript. 🌈

Joined January 2018
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The last word on: Hope is a thing with feathers theguardian.com/books/2023/j…

The last word on: Hope

Kicking off our new monthly series about emotions in literature, Sophie Ratcliffe finds the best literary descriptions of hopefulness

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‘Exciting’, ‘bold’, ‘laugh out loud’: the best Australian books out in July theguardian.com/books/2023/j…

‘Exciting’, ‘bold’, ‘laugh out loud’: the best Australian books out in July

Each month, Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

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This month’s best paperbacks: Jarvis Cocker, Barbara Kingsolver and more theguardian.com/books/ng-int…

This month’s best paperbacks: Jarvis Cocker, Barbara Kingsolver and more

Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some intriguing new paperbacks, from an illustrated history of a rock star to Pulitzer prizewinning fiction

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The best recent crime and thriller writing – review roundup theguardian.com/books/2023/j…

The best recent crime and thriller writing – review roundup

An Indian village seeks mob justice after a girl’s death, the great Inspector Banks bows out, and clerical investigations resume for Richard Coles

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From Gritty Noir to Killer Quozies: Queer Crime Fiction Summer Reads ‹ CrimeReads crimereads.com/from-gritty-n…

From Gritty Noir to Killer Quozies: Queer Crime Fiction Summer Reads

With the pool at your feet and a cool beverage nearby, summer is the perfect time to pick up these novels and get lost in their pages. Queer thrillers and mysteries have a long history of offering …

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The art of fiction: how Salvador Dalí’s Toreador inspired my crime novel theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/…

The art of fiction: how Salvador Dalí’s Toreador inspired my crime novel

A story set in Barcelona plays with the "mirror image" aspects of the Spanish artist's work

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The Detective Novel ‘Whose Body?,’ by Dorothy L. Sayers, Turns 100 - The New York Times nytimes.com/2023/05/21/books…

A Classic of Golden Age Detective Fiction Turns 100 (Published 2023)

Dorothy L. Sayers dealt with emotional and financial instability by writing “Whose Body?,” the first of many to star the detective Lord Peter Wimsey.

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‘Significantly shocking’: debut author Debra Dank breaks records at NSW premier’s literary awards theguardian.com/books/2023/m…

Debut author Debra Dank breaks records at NSW premier’s literary awards

The Gudanji/Wakaja writer won four prizes and took home $85,000 for We Come with This Place – a book she never intended to publish

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Top 10 first lines in fiction theguardian.com/books/2023/a…

Top 10 first lines in fiction

The first words of a story have to do a lot of work in snaring the reader. Novelist Liz Nugent considers some of her favourites

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Windmill Hill by Lucy Atkins review – haunted by the past theguardian.com/books/2023/m…

Windmill Hill by Lucy Atkins review – haunted by the past

A tale of scandal in the English countryside from the author of Magpie Lane is rich in charm and surprises

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Book review: Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston rlsmithwriting.com/2023/05/1…

Book review: Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

In Red, White and Royal Blue you will find out what happens when America’s first son falls in love with the Prince of Wales – it’s funny, romantic and sexy, with a good dose of awkwardness. S…

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The Taylor Swift effect: why a mystery book is rocketing up US charts – despite no one knowing anything about it theguardian.com/music/2023/m…

The Taylor Swift effect: why a mystery book is rocketing up US charts – despite no one knowing...

Wild speculation over a book known as ‘4C Untitled Flatiron Nonfiction Summer 2023’ has seen excited Swifties placing pre-orders. The bad news? It is likely not by her

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Book review: None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney rlsmithwriting.com/2023/05/0…

Book review: None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney

Australian author Ellie Marney’s YA thriller, None Shall Sleep, set in the US in the 80s is about serial killers and will keep you uncomfortably riveted to the end. There are no monsters. Only peop…

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What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in April theguardian.com/books/2023/a…

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in April

Authors, critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

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It’s not too late to join the 100-word Microfiction Challenge 2023, but be quick! nycmidnight.com/100

The 100-word Microfiction Challenge — nycmidnight

The 100-word Microfiction Challenge is an international creative writing competition that challenges participants to create very short stories based on genre, action, and word assignments in just 24...

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