Broadsheet Bookshelf: What’s on Our To-Read Pile in March

Aussie author Trent Dalton’s multi-award-winning, internationally bestselling novel Boy Swallows Universe was released as a Netflix series earlier this year. Published in 2018, it’s based on Dalton’s upbringing in Brisbane’s south-west in the 1980s. It follows 12-year-old Eli Bell, who grew up surrounded by violence, with a drug-addicted mother and heroin-dealing stepfather.

For lovers of the book (and the series) we’re sharing more good reads written by Aussie authors – and set in Australia – that you should add to your to-read pile.

Broadsheet Bookshelf is a new series by Broadsheet and Readings. Expect a fresh round up of recommendations each month.