Books News Dissecting ‘Girl, 11’: Amy Suiter Clarke on her thrilling debut novel by Allegra Short Author and true-crime aficionado Amy Suiter Clarke discusses her debut novel Girl, 11, her inspirations, and how female protagonists are bringing fresh energy to the genre….
Books News ‘The Furphy Anthology 2020’: the best tall tales and short stories from across the land by Dan Shaw Distilled from more than 800 entries, The Furphy Anthology 2020 assembles some of the country’s freshest literary talent, offering unique takes on ‘Australian Life’. The…
Books Music News Patti Smith’s 40 favourite books of all time by Nick Stillman From Beats classics to Shakespeare to modern masterpieces, here is a list of Patti Smith’s 40 favourite books. Even from a young age, Patti Smith…
Books ‘Lucky’s’: Andrew Pippos’ ambitious and unforgettable debut by Dan Shaw Lucky’s is the sprawling and vivid debut from Andrew Pippos: the story of a man who creates a sanctuary for himself but can’t escape his deceptions….
Books News ‘The Silence’: Don DeLillo’s vignette of the apocalypse by Dan Shaw Don DeLillo is one of America’s most celebrated fiction writers. In The Silence, his eye for the fragility of life is as sharp as ever….
Books News ‘Leave the World Behind’: Rumaan Alam debunks of the myth of a safe world by Tammy Moir A brilliant dissection of race and class, Rumaan Alam’s Leave the World Behind shows us that cleverness could ultimately lead us to our undoing. Rumaan…
Books On Connection, Bob Marley: Portrait of the Legend and more: Happy’s Weekend Reading by Dan Shaw On Connection, Bob Marley: Portrait of the Legend, Piranesi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Café and Plant Therapy are the best new…
Books A Life on Our Planet, Is this Anything? and more: Happy’s Weekend Reading by Dan Shaw A Life on Our Planet, Is this Anything? Lowitja, Our Shadows and My Psychedelic Explorations are the best new books for this weekend in reading….
Books News Christie Nieman’s ‘Where We Begin’ breathes new life into Australian Gothic by Mary Ali Australian Gothic is a style that’s tough to get right and Christie Nieman’s Where We Begin is perhaps the best YA rendition out there. Gothic literature…
Books News ‘Amnesty’: Aravind Adiga’s psychological thriller on the streets of Sydney by Dan Shaw Since bursting onto the literary scene with his incendiary debut, the Booker Prize-winning The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga’s career has been marked with strikingly original…
Books News ‘The Mercies’: a story of love and persecution at the edge of the world by Dan Shaw In the 16th and 17th centuries, Europe was in the throes of a religious reckoning. Henry VIII’s breakaway from Catholicism and Martin Luther’s teachings that…
Books News 5 of the best books for our legendary mums by Happy Mother’s Day is upon us again. Though most good kids spoil their mums everyday, special occasions such as this require the bringing out of the…
News These are the biggest fiction bestsellers of the last 100 years by Molly Lasker The team at Literary Hub have compiled a list of the bestsellers in adult fiction over the last 100 years via data collected from Publisher’s Weekly’s…
