Kill Your Darlings Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Search History
Amy Taylor
Today on KYD: Read an extract from 'Search History' by Amy Taylor (@AllenAndUnwin), a sharp and funny debut novel about dating in the internet age. https://t.co/mGikXo7PdN
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Holy Woman: A Divine Adventure
Louise Omer
New Book Reviews: 📕 'big beautiful female theory,' (Eloise Grills, @AffirmPress) 📗 'Enclave' (Claire G. Coleman, @HachetteAus) 📘 'Holy Woman' (Louise Omer, @scribepub) 📙 'Forty Nights' (Pirooz Jafari, @ultimopress) https://t.co/fiPG4HmVh9
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
I Hate the Internet
Jarett Kobek
"What makes (Jarett Kobek's novel) 'I Hate the Internet' an eviscerating dissection of the internet’s distasteful pleasures is that it’s not something that’s ‘over there’; it’s a part of many people’s day-to-day lives, whether we like it or not." @mxcreant https://t.co/EnTG2paGf8
Paperback, 2016
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Gathering: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)
Anne Enright
"Anne Enright’s book 'The Gathering' was critical to the writing of 'The Eulogy'…I literally broke that book down in a spreadsheet." #KYDFirstBookClub https://t.co/0HOm0Ahf1U
Paperback, 2007
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Desi Girls!
Johanna Sommansson
"The school was a bridge to a better world that was out there, daring me to experience it." Read an extract from 'Desi Girl' by @sarahbmalik (@UQPbooks) a collection of memoir-style essays about coming of age as a second-generation Australian Muslim. https://t.co/sopUH6Sldr
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Basin
Scott McCulloch
New book reviews! 📕 'The Eulogy' (Jackie Bailey, @HardieGrant) 📗 'Homesickness' (Janine Mikosza, @UltimoPress) 📘 'This All Come Back Now' (ed. Mykaela Saunders, @UQPbooks) 📙 'Basin' (Scott McCulloch, @blackincbooks) https://t.co/VH5BQsziEE
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Enclave
Claire G. Coleman
New Book Reviews: 📕 'big beautiful female theory,' (Eloise Grills, @AffirmPress) 📗 'Enclave' (Claire G. Coleman, @HachetteAus) 📘 'Holy Woman' (Louise Omer, @scribepub) 📙 'Forty Nights' (Pirooz Jafari, @ultimopress) https://t.co/fiPG4HmVh9
Paperback, 2023
$22.99$11.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
She Is Haunted
Paige Clark
We take a peek into the workspace and writing routine of author Paige Clark, whose debut short story collection 'She Is Haunted' (@AllenAndUnwin) was recently longlisted for @TheStellaPrize. https://t.co/0CAdY9Xm9Y
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Birnam Wood
Eleanor Catton
"I find her style dense, her sentences and paragraphs long and, at times, heavy. But once you dive in there is no turning back." @bainlucinda on 'Birnam Wood' (Eleanor Catton, @GrantaBooks @AllenAndUnwin) https://t.co/nNm1ueWmMJ https://t.co/Hpxu9GFrq1
Paperback, 2024
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bad Behaviour
Sheila O'Flanagan
Exciting news! KYD director Rebecca Starford's memoir 'Bad Behaviour' has been adapted into a STAN series! Even more exciting: the trailer has just dropped 😮 Check it out: https://t.co/yPfB8nx5yb Pick up a copy of the book through @AllenAndUnwin here: https://t.co/DnCOOvRGHl https://t.co/UOPubnohLl
Paperback, 2009
$13.99$6.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book