“A podcaster has decided to ruin my life, so I’m buying a chicken”. How’s that for a zinger opening line!
Lucy Chase is going to make an apology chicken for her boyfriend, Nathan, to say sorry for not …
A comprehensive overview of how far we’ve come in women’s sport, and how much further we need to go.
Chloe Dalton is well-placed to offer a perceptive overview of the history of women’s sport, offering an acute assessment …
A fascinating analysis of the lives of these two important men – Governor Arthur Phillip and Bennelong, their interactions , how they were and are viewed by historians and society , their similarities and differences … They were the leaders …
After a sensational prologue, a fast and furious set piece that would make a fantastic pre-title sequence should this be turned into a film, BODY OF LIES, the latest Gemma Woodstock novel, gets weighed down in domestic detail like a …
I have just had the privilege of reading James Kirby’s incredible book CHOOSE COMPASSION. I would have to say that his research on this subject is one of the most engaging and analytical I have ever experienced. Kirby has taken …
Clever, mischievous and surprising, THE FETISHIST is a novel to relish.
Immensely seductive and hugely entertaining, here is life – the stupid and weird and precarious- in a novel that dazzlingly explores obsession, fixation and the condition of attachment.
THE …
Leading barrister Mark Tedeschi AM KC has had a long standing passion for photography. His second book of photography entitled DECODING THE IMAGE was launched at the NSW State Library in mid December by retired state librarian and legendary …
It’s no surprise that this delightful debut novel quickly became a best-seller at home in South Korea. Author Hwang Bo-Reum has crafted a gentle meditation on life and finding one’s place in the world. There’s no real plot or dramatic …
In IMAGINING AUSTRALIA, Loretta Barnard and Ingeborg van Teeselling use Australian music, film, literature and art as a vessel to explore and illuminate Australia’s history since White settlement.
Acknowledging that much of Australia’s recorded history is dominated by a White, …
This masthead interviewed Loretta Barnard co-author with Ingeborg Van Teeseling, of the new publication IMAGINING AUSTRALIA : A HISTORY OF OUR NATION THROUGH MUSIC, FILM, LITERATURE AND ART,
Q. Your book is essentially a thesis, that the best way …