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Suddenly Single at Sixty. Image on left is black and white head and shoulders shot of a 60-something Caucasian blonde woman with short wavy hair. She is smiling. On the right is a yellow book cover with an illustration of a hand holding a glass of sparkling wine.
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Book review: Suddenly Single at Sixty, Jo Peck

A splendid and heartfelt response to the oldest cliché in the book – the husband who leaves the writer for…

Madeleine Swain

Jun 5, 2024
Gone. On the left an author shot from the waist up of a middle aged Caucasian woman with short blonde hair and a black top, with gold hoop earrings. She is resting her chin on her left fist. On the right is a book cover depicting an isolated shack in the Australian outback, with a few trees, a few cows and some hills behind in the clouds.
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Book review: Gone, Glenna Thomson

A rural cold case of a missing girl and those grieving her absence.

Erin Stewart

Jun 5, 2024
Depth of Field. On the left an author shot of a young Caucasian woman with straight black hair and a long sleeved black T shirt photographed in a garden from the waist up. On the right the book cover of a blurry figure silhouetted against a large window.
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Book review: Depth of Field, Kirsty Iltners

A well told story that tackles the fallout from the fallibility of memory.

Erich Mayer

Jun 5, 2024
Psykhe. Author shot on left is of a middle aged Caucasian woman with long dark hair sitting with an open book and two candles behind her. She has a patterned black dress on and is smiling broadly. Close to the camera, obscuring the sitter, and out of focus is some white flora of some kind. On the right is a black book cover with flowers in the middle.
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Book review: Psykhe, Kate Forsyth

A new telling of the classic myth focuses on the power and agency of Psykhe.

Ellie Fisher

Jun 5, 2024
Hurdy Gurdy. On the left is a book cover of a circus tent in the distance at night. On the right is an author shot of a middle aged Caucasian women with shoulder length white hair, black jumper and glasses.
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Book review: Hurdy Gurdy, Jenny Ackland

A dystopian Australia sees women's bodies policed and subjugated.

Ashleigh Meikle

Jun 5, 2024
Installation view of 'Africa Fashion' on display from 31 May to 6 October 2024 at NGV International, Melbourne. Photo: Lillie Thompson. Nine mannequins standing on a tiered display with red lights. Each of them are wearing glittery and glamorous garments by African fashion designers.
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Exhibition review: Africa Fashion, NGV

‘Africa Fashion’ is a visual feast imbued with history and agency.

Celina Lei

Jun 5, 2024
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Theatre review: Julia, Southbank Theatre

The life and times of Australia's only female Prime Minister to date.

Sarah Liversidge

Jun 5, 2024
Nameless. On the left is a head and shoulders author shot of a middle aged Caucasian woman with a white top under a pinafore type dress. She has shoulder length greying hair cut in a bob with a fringe. On the right is a book cover with a black linocut image of a side on woman against a green backdrop.
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Book review: Nameless, Amanda Creely

War and its voiceless victims are the harrowing topics of this novel.

Hayley Thomas

Jun 4, 2024
Chloe. On the left is a book cover of a young woman painted in the nude, with the bottom of the painting in flames. On the right is an author headshot of a middle aged Caucasian woman with straight long fair hair and a fringe. She is smiling.
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Book review: Chloé, Katrina Kell

A fictionalised exposé of the woman who modelled for the famous painting that hangs in Melbourne's Young and Jackson Hotel.

Mia-Francesca Jones

Jun 4, 2024
Heartsease. On the left is a head and shoulders author shot of a young Caucasian woman with long strawberry blonde hair and a blue top. She is standing in front of foliage. On the right is a bookcover featuring a group of brown flowers
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Book review: Heartsease, Kate Kruimink

Sisterly bonds prevail in the fog of grief.

Tiffany Barton

Jun 4, 2024
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