Declan Fry

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Claire Nichols |Kate Evans |Nicola Heath |Declan Fry

Consider that unpleasant feeling of not knowing what to read next fully remedied: in this month's Best Books column, ABC Arts critics recommend their favourite April reads — and there are some rippers. You'll find a love story with a twist, new works from Australian literary heavyweights, a gruesome thriller, and a crime novel where climate change plays a leading role. Black IncThe colony will fall. Have you heard this phrase recently?

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Kate Evans |Claire Nichols |Nicola Heath |Declan Fry |Rosie Ward

Welcome to ABC Arts' monthly book column: a shortlist of new releases read and recommended by The Bookshelf's Kate Evans, The Book Show's Claire Nichols, ABC Arts' Nicola Heath and critics Declan Fry and Rosie Ofori Ward. All five read voraciously and their only guidelines for a recommendation here: make it a new release and make it something you think is great.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Kate Evans |Claire Nichols |Nicola Heath |Declan Fry |Rosie Ward

The pages of February's best books promise a lot: a queer love story full of incisive observation about life, a fiction-memoir blend about a body in love and in pain, and a character convinced they're being hunted by snipers. Two are the work of Nobel Prize winners while others are penned by debut authors.   One writer learns her father might've been a secret spy, another just where grief can take you. ABC Arts reviewers offer up all this and more in reading recommendations from this month.

Jan 15, 2025 | watoday.com.au | Declan Fry

By Declan Fry January 15, 2025 — 9.00pmSaveNormal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeESSAYSThe Position of Spoons and other intimaciesDeborah LevyHamish Hamilton, $45The diminished space criticism enjoys comes as no surprise. Freelance writing outliving the time and context of its creation? Out of touch. Published collections of what might (generously) be called hack work are rare.

Jan 15, 2025 | smh.com.au | Declan Fry

By Declan Fry January 16, 2025 — 12.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. ESSAYSThe Position of Spoons and other intimaciesDeborah LevyHamish Hamilton, $45The diminished space criticism enjoys comes as no surprise. Freelance writing outliving the time and context of its creation? Out of touch. Published collections of what might (generously) be called hack work are rare.