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Visiting Australia’s oldest LGBTQI+ bookshop was a formative experience for <strong>Madeleine Gray</strong> – but Australian sapphic fiction remains rare

Just in time for your Christmas shopping: Guardian Australia’s critics and staff pick out the best of the best

The protagonist of George Haddad’s debut novel is deeply insecure about his class, race and masculinity.

The rigorous analysis of Who Needs the ABC? and period crime novel Deception Bay lead our reviews of new fiction and non-fiction releases.

George Haddad's latest novel, “Losing Face”, is riddled with intergenerational tensions centered around a Lebanese-Australian family living in Western Sydney.

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Set among a migrant family in western Sydney, Haddad’s novel deals with masculinity and rape culture – without the luxury of easy answers