Elke Power
Elke Power is the editor of Readings Monthly
Review — 23 Oct 2023
Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
Jesmyn Ward’s new novel, Let Us Descend, has been eagerly anticipated since it was announced, and comes six years after her last. Ward has won the National Book Award…
Review — 31 Jul 2023
Sleepless by Marie Darrieussecq & Penny Hueston (trans.)
As a night worrier from childhood, I was a little wary of giving my subconscious any further ideas or licence by reading French author Marie Darrieussecq’s new book, Sleepless…
Review — 31 Jul 2023
The List by Yomi Adegoke
Ola Olajide is a Nigerian-British journalist with a reputation for breaking hard-hitting feminist stories. She’s working at the dubiously named but otherwise well-regarded Womxxxn, an online women’s sexual health and…
Review — 3 Jul 2023
The Watchful Wife by Suzanne Leal
Ellen and her husband Gordon are high school English teachers. They met while working at the school where Ellen still teaches, but not long after they are married, Gordon moves…
Review — 3 Jul 2023
Loot by Tania James
Most years there will be a book where the industry buzz arrives long before the physical copies. A question that hovers in the liminal space between the first rumour of…
Review — 3 Jul 2023
On a Bright Hillside in Paradise by Annette Higgs
In her Penguin Literary Prize- winning debut novel, Annette Higgs does not shy away from the shameful colonial history of atrocities perpetrated against the First Nations peoples of lutruwita (Tasmania/Van…
Review — 30 May 2023
Prudish Nation by Paul Dalgarno
With a title like Prudish Nation, you could be forgiven for thinking that Paul Dalgarno’s latest book is a work of observation coming from a position of judgement. However…
Review — 30 May 2023
The Shot by Naima Brown
If you are looking for a disturbing and absorbing story that is (hopefully only loosely) informed by real-life professional experience, and will make you fundamentally question the baseline ethical standards…
Review — 30 May 2023
A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima Rao
Nilima Rao’s debut novel arrives with a glowing endorsement from the prolific and adored Alexander McCall Smith of No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency fame, who describes A Disappearance in Fiji…
Review — 24 Apr 2023
Graft: Motherhood, Family and a Year on the Land by Maggie MacKellar
In any study of nature, there must be some attempt to grapple with the cycles of life. Maggie MacKellar has perhaps had more cause than most to contemplate these rhythms…
