Non-Fiction
Book review: Big Meg, Tim Flannery and Emma Flannery
A fascinating insight into the detective work of shark fossils.
Book review: Prudish Nation, Paul Dalgarno
Over 30 authors offer their perspectives on "unconventional" relationships.
CoUNTess – spoiling illusions about the arts since 2008
Revealing the sad truth about gender equity in the Australian art world.
Iconoclastic and empowered: the new wave of Middle Eastern Australian women writers
MENA women writers are gaining momentum in major literary prizes and across the nation’s bookstores, but is this movement iconoclastic?
What composers contribute to a music festival
Sally Beamish and Stephen Johnson were invited to the Australian Festival of Chamber Music as much for their musical insights…
Book review: Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life, Anna Funder
Conspicuously missing from male-centric biographies, Eileen O’Shaughnessy is the true Orwellian hero.
Book review: The Year My Family Unravelled, Cynthia Dearborn
How do you go about looking after an ailing aged parent when you are halfway across the world from each…
Magazine review: Meanjin Winter 2023, edited by Esther AnatolitisÂ
The intensity of this edition creates a real sense of urgency in the reader.
Book review: A Real Piece of Work, Erin Riley
An insight into the life of a queer trans writer through a series of essays.
Moral panic over sex-ed book overlooks real value of teen sex education
The moral panic over a sex education book for teens has seen Big W staff abused, and ignores the ways…