Fiction
Book review: Birnam Wood, Eleanor Catton
What happens when a gardening guerrilla group becomes entangled with a billionaire?
Book review: Clytemnestra, Constanza Casati
An unforgettable feminist reimagining of a mythologically-maligned Spartan queen.
Small presses shine in Stella shortlist
Six ‘culture shifting’ books have been shortlisted for the $60,000 Stella Prize, which recognises the best books by Australian women.
Book review: The Invisible, Peter Papathanasiou
Some momentum is lost to digressive detail in this otherwise entertaining tale.
Regional theatre company, Lab Kelpie, wins prestigious theatre award
Katy Warner's 'Reasons To Be Invisible' will be developed by Lab Kelpie thanks to the Australian Children’s Theatre Foundation and…
Book review: Dark Mode, Ashley Kalagian Blunt
Put down your phone and read this book instead about the dangers of the dark web.
Book review: Funny Ethnics, Shirley Le
A debut novel that tracks the life of a young Vietnamese-Australian caught between two worlds.
Book review: I'll Leave You With This, Kylie Ladd
A heart-breaking, spirited story about the strength of a brother’s legacy
Book review: Once a Stranger, Zoya Patel
An intergenerational story about family and loss, tradition and rebellion.
To update or not to update, that is the question...
If Roald Dahl books are being altered to suit current sensibilities, what could that mean for today's writers in the…