Spectrum
Buckle up for a heart-stopping thriller
The action begins in the first few pages of this gripping novel about an airline pilot faced with an impossible choice
- by Susan Turnbull
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Non-fiction reviews: Brat and other titles
Actor Andrew McCarthy’s memoir Brat is well written and entertaining.
- by Steven Carroll
Fiction reviews: Still Life and other titles
Sarah Winman’s Still Life is an act of homage to British novelist E.M. Forster.
- by Kerryn Goldsworthy
‘Extremely visceral’ novel about modern love is timely but lacks subtlety
Michael Mohammed Ahmad’s new novel is at times like Holden Caulfield meets Jean-Claude Van Damme at the local mosque.
- by Clinton Caward
Turning Pages: the darker side of the Durrells
The television series about the British family’s adventures in Corfu doesn’t reveal the whole truth of the troubled dynasty.
- by Jane Sullivan
Opinion
Family
‘I feel fine’: The final message I won’t ever delete
Like the man who found a long-lost recording of his mother’s voice, I feel sorrow and joy listening to my father’s precious voicemail messages.
- by Monica Dux
Recasting monsters as women: lunch with Maria Lewis
The 32-year-old has written seven novels and has her eye on writing across film, television and comics.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
A celebration of trees through stories and science
Two new books continue our recent fascination with trees.
- by James Bradley
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Review
Can aerobics change your life? Rose Byrne’s unlikely comedy series thinks so
The gifted Australian actress dons a leotard to play a tortured woman on a quest for self discovery in Physical.
- by Michael Idato
What is wrong with this picture? Cinema feeds our latest sci-fi fears
My Zoe and Little Joe join a long list of films in which science slips its ethical leash.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
Influential. Inscrutable. Sparks finally tell their ‘improbable’ tale
Two new films seal Ron and Russell Mael’s dual destiny as pop legends and arthouse auteurs.
- by Michael Dwyer