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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Diana reid | History Defined

Friday essay: trauma memoirs can help us understand the unthinkable. They can also be art

Content warning: readers are advised this article talks about sexual abuse and child sexual abuse.

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Daisy Edgar-Jones To Star In New Sense & Sensibility Adaptation With An Aussie Twist

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‘Unexpressed emotions will never die’: in Signs of Damage, Diana Reid explores the depths of the unconscious

Signs of Damage is Diana Reid’s third novel, following her bestselling campus romp Love Virtue and the post-lockdown novel Seeing Other People.

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Signs of Damage by Diana Reid review – gripping thriller of unsolved mysteries

In her third book, the author of Love and Virtue slyly subverts the trauma plot to take aim at our impulse to reduce the messiness of life to a neat narrative

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‘Taut’, ‘extraordinary delight’, ‘absolutely bonkers’: the best Australian books out in March

Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

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Shankari Chandran, Robert Dessaix, Diana Reid and more: Australian books to look forward to in 2025

From enthralling debuts to playful premises and national reckonings, here is a whirlwind tour of what’s to come

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Helen Garner, Diana Reid, Nam Le and others: Australian books to look forward to in 2024

Among next year’s highlights are debut fiction from Bri Lee, nonfiction from Peter Goldsworthy and a new novel from 2023 Miles Franklin winner Shankari Chandran

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The 25 best Australian books of 2022: Chloe Hooper, Alex Miller, Jessica Au and more

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

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Seeing Other People by Diana Reid review – twentysomethings grapple with what it means to love

After the success of Love and Virtue, Reid returns with an intelligent and ambitious novel which takes its young characters seriously

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Diana Reid on Sally Rooney, Love & Virtue and her fast follow-up: ‘Lockdown gave me freedom to fail’

Seeing Other People comes just 12 months after Reid’s acclaimed debut and follows two sisters enthralled by the same woman – and the pull between duty and desire

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'It's exhilarating': All eyes on Canberra Writers Festival

Big names descend on the national capital for the return of the event

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Debut novelist wins Aust book of the year

Novelist Diana Reid has won book of the year at the Australian Book Industry Awards with her first novel.

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‘Unflinching’ debut written ‘for something to do’ during lockdown wins top book prize

Diana Reid’s Love & Virtue wins book of the year and literary fiction category at Australian Book Industry Association’s annual awards in Sydney

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