Review: A God in Ruins
Kate Atkinson’s long-awaited companion novel to her 2013 masterpiece, Life After Life, was released in May this year. The book has met with a strongly approving critical response, and a generally...
Category: Arts & Literature
Review: Dietland by Sarai Walker
Dietland, Sarai Walker’s first novel, is a filling read. Its premise – the journey of a young woman towards accepting her fat body and rejecting patriarchal beauty norms – should promise an...
Review: Sofie Laguna’s The Eye of the Sheep
Australian author Sofie Laguna’s second novel for adults, The Eye of the Sheep, won the Miles Franklin Award on 23 June. It was a well-deserved win of Australia’s richest literary prize by a book...
Review: Slow West
Former Beta Band member turned director John Maclean’s debut feature, “Slow West” looks and feels like a random train of thought, a glorious meandering diversion from “The Assassination of...
#SaveHannibal: Will Hannibal Be Resurrected?
Word broke this week that NBC’s Hannibal won’t be returning for a fourth season, much to the dismay of the show’s small but extremely dedicated fan base. Everyone’s favorite cannibal stirs...
Online Fraud: How I Was Scammed For Glastonbury Tickets
As the summer approaches there’s always a scramble for tickets to the hottest festivals over the summer. However, last year my enthusiasm got the better of my reason and I sadly got scammed. The...
Why Are People Suddenly Surprised Game of Thrones is Violent?
Game of Thrones aired another predictably bloody and explosive season finale on Sunday, sending the internet into a tizzy and leading readers of the books to note that finally everyone is in...
Aboriginal Royalty at the Venice Biennale: Interview with artist Reko Rennie
First were the fuchsia kangaroos appearing in Paris' arrondissements. Then neon canvases were seen in galleries and museums from Adelaide to New York. Next thing you know, colourful diamond patterns...
Sense8’s Brave New Transgender World
The Wachowski siblings have taken to an unusual new medium: Netflix. In Sense8, a Netflix Original science fiction series, the two are illustrating that the streaming giant has the ability to command...
Review: Far from the Tree by Andrew Solomon
A couple of years ago, when it first came out, Andrew Solomon’s 10-years-in-the-making magnum opus, Far from the Tree, was the book du jour in Australian book-reading parenting circles. I missed it...