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    Women and nature: a synergy to be reckoned with in the west and beyond

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    Among the influencial females of the West, Alyssa Huynh’s tells of her journey to combat racial prejudice in her debut book Safe Space.
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    Recommended reading from local bookshops – August

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    Reviews of the books James, Detective Beans & the Case of the Missing Hat, Here One Moment and A Language of Limbs.
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    Stories from Sunshine’s Vietnamese community journey back to where they all began

    Hazel Lekkas Hazel Lekkas -
    Moving to Sunshine West from Vietnam in 2022 to study photography, Phuong Nguyen has captured the experiences of Vietnamese locals in his book Sunshine.
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    Tom Cho’s ‘Look Who’s Morphing’

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    This refreshing collection, published in 2009 by Giramondo Publishing, is a compilation of punchy, quick-witted short stories.
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    Recommended reading from local bookshops – July 2024

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    Reviews of the books Peripathetic, The Reappearance of Rachel Price, The Ministry of Time, and Moon Road
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    Recommended reading from local bookshops – June 2024

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    Reviews of the books The Extinction of Irena Rey, O Caledonia, Love, Death & Other Scenes, and Shower Land: Break the Curse
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    Recommended reading from the Sun Bookshop

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    Reviews of the books One Another, Glorious Exploits, Wurrtoo, and Tree
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    Have the western suburbs created a world first?

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    Channelling an inner steampunk Fairy Godmother to help stressed young adults and those who love them.

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