Spectrum
Another quietly riveting, emotionally potent novel from Mark Brandi
The young protagonist in Brandi’s fourth novel Southern Aurora grabs an unusual chance of improving his fortunes.
- by Daniel Herborn
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The real story of how Australian media companies amassed their huge power
In Sally Young’s second volume of her history of Australian media, she focuses on newspapers and the coming of television.
- by Matthew Ricketson
Look back without anger: A memoir of abuse at school
Martin Flanagan’s memoir is possibly the most insightful book to so far emerge from the mangled mess of child sexual abuse in Catholic institutions.
- by Michael McGirr
Three novels that delve into sex, consent and power after #MeToo
Second novels by three award-winning women writers disrupt familiar narratives.
- by Jo Case
What to read: A rollicking feminist romp and tender essays on abortion
Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction.
- by Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll
Is Celine Song’s Past Lives the best film of the year?
The semi-autobiographical film has been stirring up deep emotions with audiences.
- by Garry Maddox
★★★
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Twisted Metal is violent, goofy and strangely likeable
Based on the long-running PlayStation game franchise, this adaptation is totally bonkers.
- by Kylie Northover
Is it your birthday? The best professional advice I have received
Every career has a basic, old-timers tip, handed from one generation to the next.
- by Richard Glover
TV’s most unpredictable series? Its final season proves it’s so much more
The third, and final, season of cult docuseries How To with John Wilson is its most remarkable yet.
- by Robert Moran
Oh, so ‘selling out’ is a thing again?
Did we all fall into a portal to the ’90s or something?
- by Robert Moran
You can almost smell the peaches in this moving Spanish drama
Director Carla Simon focuses on a family of peach farmers in rural Catalonia who are condemned to lose both their livelihood and a way of life.
- by Stephanie Bunbury