Suggested readings
Here's our recommended reading lists
Short stories to blow your socks off
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Alice Grundy is associate publisher at Brio Books and co-founder of Seizure, an incubator of Australian writing. For the past decade, she has worked in trade publishing with a focus on developing new talent. She has run workshops at festivals, universities and schools in Australia, India and China and written for the Sydney Review of Books, Overland and Books+Publishing.
Here are her recommendations for Booktober.
Smart Ovens for Lonely People by Elizabeth Tan
Witty, prescient and superbly written.
Ordinary Matter by Laura Elvery
High concept and beautifully executed.
Heat and Light by Ellen van Neerven
Original, moving and incredibly vivid.
Tragi-comic, authentic and emotionally powerful.
In the Time of Foxes by Jo Lennan
Insightful, entertaining and captivating.
Masterful prose that is deeply affecting.
Portable Curiosities by Julie Koh
Weird, funny and surprising.
Playful, clever and contemporary.
Almost Sincerely by Zoe Norton
Hilarious, both absurd and very familiar.
Only the Animals by Ceridwen Dovey
Beautifully written, ambitious and absorbing.