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The real Robinson Crusoe has been reimagined with historical accuracy – except for the talking goat

The real Robinson Crusoe has been reimagined with historical accuracy – except for the talking goat

Francesca de Tores’ Cast Away or, the Surprising Adventures of Alexander Selkirk is a timely consideration of human resilience and resourcefulness.

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Donna Mazza

Guide to the classics: Margaret Cavendish’s The Blazing World pioneered speculative fiction, 400 years ago

Guide to the classics: Margaret Cavendish’s The Blazing World pioneered speculative fiction, 400 years ago

The Blazing World is an amazing vision which ends as bewilderingly as it begins, making the reader’s head spin.

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Donna Mazza

What makes a cult leader tick? The Bearcat digs into the origins of the Family, Australia’s ‘cult of cults’

When Georgia Rose Phillips’ inner poet takes centre stage, The Bearcat rises to great heights. But the novel contains some anachronisms.

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Donna Mazza