Review
Britney Spears shows how much a woman can bend before she breaks
For years the world and Spears were told she was unfit, unwell, and unsafe. The voice that spills out of The Woman in Me is anything but.
- by Brodie Lancaster
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What to read: A meditation on grief and Dawn French’s life of mistakes
Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp review recent fiction and non-friction releases
- by Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp
Was Bennelong Australia’s most misunderstood Indigenous man?
Kate Fullagar tells history in reverse in her innovative biography of both Captain Arthur Phillip and Woollarawarre Bennelong.
- by Phillip Deery
What to read: the history of sex and Nick Cave-inspired short stories
Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll review new fiction and short fiction releases
- by Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll
Precision not pedantry: how to become a better writer
Two new how-to guides offer practical tips for writing well.
- by Simon Caterson
Is Gerald Murnane our most talented writer?
In this thoughtful Monograph, Emmet Stinson considers Gerald Murnane the best writer Australia has produced since Christina Stead.
- by Owen Richardson
This piercing novel is a paean to living with chronic pain
Katherine Brabon’s new novel is a poetic reflection on living with pain.
- by Vanessa Francesca
It’s all Shakespeare, but who really wrote the words?
Elizabeth Winkler delves into myths and theories about the authorship of William Shakespeare’s plays.
- by Matt Hutchinson
Trent Dalton’s new book is a respectful and surprising portrait of homelessness
Trent Dalton’s new book is a complicated, surprising story of a young woman on society’s margins
- by Juliette Hughes
‘Great idea at the time’: Australian poet spills the beans on fractious literary tour
What happens when you put four very different poets on the same trip? PiO has thoughts.
- by Geoff Page
What to read: Japanese magical realism and the question of justice
Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction releases.
- by Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp