‘It’s notable that so many of the ‘respondent’ writers include those who excel in both prose and poetry themselves, making this whole collection less an exercise in translations across forms, and more a showcase of daring and delight — a myriad of conversations between words, meanings, and image.’

‘The world of Kick The Latch is one of poverty, gender-based violence, cruel capitalism; and also friendship, and professional pride, and compassion. It’s all utterly immersive in its physicality, each sentence as firm and hard-working as the narrator,’

‘Johanne Lykke Holm has created here a dizzying classic, full of bite and fear and sumptuous pleasures.’

‘This is a moving and intelligent collection that reminds us that love and kindness can look like many things: their consequences stretching far and wide.’

‘The Cellist is an immersive portrait of an intriguing character; an ode to the complex creation of an artist.’

‘Smith’s project feels at once expansive in its scope – the state of human connection and technologies, the tangled net of women’s histories – and yet so quiet and thoughtful in its singular voice.’

‘Mesmeric, funny, wry, delightful – this is a novel to help the millennials find their own paths through the world they’ve inherited. That’s, well… it’s no easy job.’

‘You will put this comparatively slim, gently segmented volume down, close its pages with satisfaction. But the impact – the form left against the eyelids – of this modern classic will remain long after you leave.’

‘Revelations are carefully chosen and paced, and Randall neatly side-steps a clean denouement, the tease of a life hack.’

‘Somerville is unafraid of disrupting the picturesque — to show us what happens alone in the darkness, with only the roar of the waves.’

‘Through Clark’s craft and dexterity, and the sparse whisper of something more tender, there is a reason the reader reads on: this is an assured and complex debut that tempts and teases you always a little deeper, your eyes unable to be drawn away.’