Vanessa Francesca
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Book review: How to end a story, Helen Garner
An autofiction revealing the pearls and poignancy of everyday life.

Exhibition review: This is a Poem, Buxton Contemporary
Art and poetry in conversation with one another.

Book review: In Moonland, Miles Allinson
A meditation on the zeitgeist that's full of menace and pathos.

Book review: Empires, Nick Earls, Penguin
A multi-layered and ambitious tale spanning centuries and crossing continents.

Theatre review: King Lear, Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
A nuanced, many-coloured production bears contemporary resonance.