Dominic Amerena

In this funny story by one of the country’s most exciting new authors, a dog becomes a cooking sensation.

My manuscript won a big prize and increased the pressure for literary success. But I had to put it—and me—out of its misery.

Each month we celebrate an Australian debut release of fiction or non-fiction in the Kill Your Darlings Debut Spotlight feature. For May that book is I Want Everything by Dominic Amerena (Summit Books Australia), a dazzling novel about the costs of creative ambition.