Justine Hyde

2 days ago | smh.com.au | Justine Hyde

By Justine Hyde April 23, 2025 — 12.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. LandfallJames BradleyPenguin, $34.99The progress of Tropical Cyclone Alfred towards landfall across south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales prompted warnings and evacuations in areas not typically in the direct path of such severe weather.

Sep 13, 2024 | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Justine Hyde

In her book The Cost of Living, British writer Deborah Levy says: “To strip the wallpaper off the fairytale of The Family House in which the comfort and happiness of men and children has been the priority is to find behind it an unthanked, unloved, neglected, exhausted woman.” Creative writing academic Kylie Mirmohamadi’s debut novel, Diving, Falling, tells the story of a novelist, Leila Whittaker, recently widowed when her husband died, Ken Black, an art-world giant whose sought-after...

Aug 9, 2024 | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Justine Hyde

The mist-shrouded, dramatic cliff faces of the New South Wales Blue Mountains are the perfect backdrop for Hayley Scrivenor’s moody second novel, Girl Falling. A psychological thriller centred on best friends Finn and Daphne, it opens with Finn’s question, “Why would my best friend want to destroy my life?”, launching the story’s trajectory of lust, betrayal and grief.

Jul 12, 2024 | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Justine Hyde

Award-winning Australian playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer’s debut novel, The End and Everything Before It, is inflected with whimsy and curiosity, characteristics the author has honed through his pedigree in writing children’s theatre. Kruckemeyer’s fable-like tale blooms on an unnamed island.

Jul 12, 2024 | smh.com.au | Justine Hyde

FICTIONBig Time Jordan ProsserUniversity of Queensland Press, $34.99 Australian screenwriter, actor and filmmaker Jordan Prosser's psychotropic vision of a near-future, politically divided Australia erupts off the page in his debut novel, Big Time. States have been renamed, borders redrawn and controlled.