Spectrum
The boom of the audiobook: readers have become listeners
The Australian Book Industry Awards shine a spotlight on the rapidly surging audiobook market, fanned by the rise of smartphones and abundance of accessible content.
- by Melanie Kembrey
Latest
Opinion
Opinion
The case of the jaywalker and other unsolved mysteries
Where is the detective who can solve the Mystery of the Tupperware Lid? And other cold cases?
- by Richard Glover
Exclusive
The golden age of Jacki Weaver: 'I'm prepared for it to evaporate'
Her surprise career in Hollywood, alcohol, drugs, breast reductions, sexual abuse, a health scare, the Queen ... the Oscar nominee is as full throttle as ever.
- by Helen O'Neill
Opinion
Opinion
Richard Glover: Clancy kicks up a stink about having a bath
A scientific study - from Switzerland! - has shown that men's beards carry more germs than a dog's fur.
- by Richard Glover
Visual art
Review: The deathly obsessions and creative mind of Suzanne Archer
The award winning artist has been branded "non-commercial" because her work is not driven by material ambition, springing rather from a highly independent mind,
- by John McDonald
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Spectrum
The 'actor anxiety' that plagues bright star Sarah Snook
Helen Mirren insisted they work together, she is recognised in New York shops...but luminous actor Sarah Snook is still worrying about failure.
- by Rachel Olding
Spectrum
In The Dark, a tenacious examination of US criminal justice system
With In The Dark, Madeleine Baran is holding the US criminal justice system to account, one tragic human story at a time.
- by Barry Divola
Spectrum
Skill and sensibility from three masters of Chinese art
In a world of revolutionary change, it requires real inner strength to recognise that politics is short but art is long.
- by John McDonald
Arts
Singleminded: The power of artistic collaboration
From ‘‘active debating’’ to perfect unity – artistic collaboration comes in many styles.
- by Melanie Kembrey
Arts
Janet Laurence, an artist of the Anthropocene age
If we agree with the artist's green politics and her commitment to conservation and ecological issues, does that automatically mean we have to love her art?
- by John McDonald
Spectrum
Lunch with new Powerhouse CEO Lisa Havilah
Fresh from success at Carriageworks, the arts leader is ambitious for herself and the institution with which she is charged with reinvigorating.
- by Linda Morris