Sarah's votes on the list Writers who have withdrawn from Adelaide Writers' Festival 2026

Listopia > Sarah's votes on the list Writers who have withdrawn from Adelaide Writers' Festival 2026 (66 Books)

1	The Season by Helen Garner 4.01 avg rating — 5,233 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Everywhere I Look by Helen Garner 4.09 avg rating — 3,788 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Spare Room by Helen Garner 3.90 avg rating — 9,324 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The First Stone by Helen Garner 3.58 avg rating — 2,817 ratings Sarah rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Joe Cinque's Consolation: A True Story of Death, Grief and the Law by Helen Garner 4.10 avg rating — 7,618 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	This House of Grief by Helen Garner 3.99 avg rating — 14,129 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Stories: The Collected Short Fiction by Helen Garner 3.67 avg rating — 964 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton 4.34 avg rating — 42,647 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Love Stories by Trent Dalton 4.13 avg rating — 18,638 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent Dalton 3.94 avg rating — 26,371 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton 4.33 avg rating — 101,567 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Gravity Let Me Go by Trent Dalton 3.95 avg rating — 10,457 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Lyrebird by Jane Caro (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 4,945 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Mother by Jane Caro (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 5,215 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Accidental Feminists by Jane Caro (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 635 ratings Sarah added it to currently-reading See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Discipline by Randa Abdel-Fattah 4.34 avg rating — 1,171 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Ten Things I Hate About Me by Randa Abdel-Fattah 3.59 avg rating — 3,992 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Does My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah 3.65 avg rating — 12,293 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Springtime: A Ghost Story by Michelle de Kretser 3.03 avg rating — 1,065 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser 3.08 avg rating — 3,051 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Mullumbimby by Melissa Lucashenko 3.90 avg rating — 2,445 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko 4.04 avg rating — 9,023 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Mutiny on the Bounty: A saga of sex, sedition, mayhem and mutiny, and survival against extraordinary odds by Peter FitzSimons 4.46 avg rating — 2,357 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen 4.07 avg rating — 2,083 ratings Sarah rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia by Anita Heiss (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.31 avg rating — 4,129 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Rot by Evelyn Araluen 4.36 avg rating — 346 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Black Witness: The Power of Indigenous Media by Amy McQuire 4.49 avg rating — 206 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Correspondent by Peter Greste 3.97 avg rating — 59 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The First Casualty: A Memoir from the Front Lines of the Global War on Journalism by Peter Greste 4.26 avg rating — 255 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Another Now: Dispatches from an Alternative Present by Yanis Varoufakis 3.78 avg rating — 2,694 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis 4.02 avg rating — 11,076 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails by Yanis Varoufakis 4.14 avg rating — 21,944 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	James by Percival Everett 4.41 avg rating — 574,097 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Trees by Percival Everett 4.06 avg rating — 65,143 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	On Beauty by Zadie Smith 3.78 avg rating — 92,911 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Devotion by Hannah Kent (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 13,480 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Good People by Hannah Kent (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 23,853 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Burial Rites by Hannah Kent (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 128,054 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Airways by Jennifer Mills (Goodreads Author) 2.71 avg rating — 95 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Salvage by Jennifer Mills (Goodreads Author) 3.47 avg rating — 192 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Dyschronia by Jennifer Mills (Goodreads Author) 3.10 avg rating — 376 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka by Clare Wright 3.98 avg rating — 403 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	You Daughters of Freedom: The Australians Who Won the Vote and Inspired the World by Clare Wright 4.25 avg rating — 179 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Zadie Smith: How to Fail Better by Zadie Smith 3.63 avg rating — 27 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Fraud by Zadie Smith 3.25 avg rating — 36,005 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Dusk by Robbie Arnott 4.15 avg rating — 6,384 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Limberlost by Robbie Arnott 4.22 avg rating — 8,698 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott 4.01 avg rating — 6,399 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Flames by Robbie Arnott 4.05 avg rating — 4,442 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Work by Bri Lee (Goodreads Author) 3.36 avg rating — 5,923 ratings Sarah rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Who Gets to Be Smart: Privilege, Power and Knowledge by Bri Lee (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 3,213 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Beauty by Bri Lee (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 1,902 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 15,256 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	How Decent Folk Behave by Maxine Beneba Clarke 4.51 avg rating — 363 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Jesustown by Paul Daley 3.56 avg rating — 341 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Bite Back: Feminism, Media, Politics, and Our Power to Change It All by Hannah Ferguson 4.21 avg rating — 2,522 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Taboo: Conversations We Never Had About Sex, Body Image, Work and Relationships by Hannah Ferguson 4.10 avg rating — 3,029 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Invisible Mending by Mike Ladd really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Melaleuca by Angie Faye Martin (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 2,953 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	On Reckoning by Amy Remeikis 4.71 avg rating — 562 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	What's the Big Idea?: 30 Years of the Australia Institute by Anna Chang (editor) 3.70 avg rating — 66 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee by Chloe Hooper 4.27 avg rating — 4,233 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	A Child's Book of True Crime by Chloe Hooper 2.97 avg rating — 796 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire by Chloe Hooper 4.04 avg rating — 6,212 ratings Sarah rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East Memoir - Israel, Palestine and Beyond by John Lyons 4.45 avg rating — 1,398 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	A Bunker in Kyiv: The Astonishing Story of the People's Army Defying Putin by John Lyons 4.26 avg rating — 290 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars