Fiction
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Book review: Birnam Wood, Eleanor Catton
What happens when a gardening guerrilla group becomes entangled with a billionaire?
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Book review: Clytemnestra, Constanza Casati
An unforgettable feminist reimagining of a mythologically-maligned Spartan queen.
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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.
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Book review: The Invisible, Peter Papathanasiou
Some momentum is lost to digressive detail in this otherwise entertaining tale.
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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…
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Book review: Dark Mode, Ashley Kalagian Blunt
Put down your phone and read this book instead about the dangers of the dark web.
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Book review: Funny Ethnics, Shirley Le
A debut novel that tracks the life of a young Vietnamese-Australian caught between two worlds.
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Book review: I'll Leave You With This, Kylie Ladd
A heart-breaking, spirited story about the strength of a brother’s legacy
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Book review: Once a Stranger, Zoya Patel
An intergenerational story about family and loss, tradition and rebellion.
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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…