three Australian debut novels seduce and stumble
- Written by: Jane Turner Goldsmith, PhD candidate, Creative Writing, University of Adelaide
Tatiana Syrikova/Pexels, CC BYComing of age is familiar territory for first-time novelists – the journey from youth to adult maturity. First novels often draw on personal experience. For the reader, they can feel like a hybrid of memoir and fiction. In these three debut novels, growing up happens very differently for each protagonist, across...



















