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Taylor Swift’s poetic licence: why all the fuss around her new album title?
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Taylor Swift’s poetic licence: why all the fuss around her new album title?

Grammar pedants have been swift to judge, but pop often plays loose with punctuation.

  • by David Astle

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How Francis Ford Coppola beat the odds to become a cinematic genius

How Francis Ford Coppola beat the odds to become a cinematic genius

Sam Wasson sees the director’s films as reflections of his mode of being, his temperament and moral character.

  • by Tom Ryan
Did Salman Rushdie foresee the attack that nearly killed him?

Did Salman Rushdie foresee the attack that nearly killed him?

Three nights earlier, the acclaimed author had a disturbing dream. It was not his first eerie premonition.

  • by JP O'Malley
In praise of the eggcorn, the English language’s most logical mistake
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In praise of the eggcorn, the English language’s most logical mistake

Suffering from rumourism? You’ll need a courtesan shot for that.

  • by David Astle
This crime novel has a red-hot narrative that keeps its heat to the very end

This crime novel has a red-hot narrative that keeps its heat to the very end

Candice Fox has set her latest crime novel in the world of New York firefighters.

  • by Sue Turnbull
A zombie with an existential crisis and a twist on the detective story

A zombie with an existential crisis and a twist on the detective story

These two very different books are the joint winners of the Novel Prize.

  • by Brooke Boland
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Eight books: A gothic novella and a passionate memoir of the `80s

Eight books: A gothic novella and a passionate memoir of the `80s

Our reviewers consider recent fiction and non-fiction releases.

  • by Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp
Can Miranda Kerr and a chimp make economics more interesting? Turns out, yes

Can Miranda Kerr and a chimp make economics more interesting? Turns out, yes

Andrew Leigh, a federal minister who is also a long-distance runner, races readers through the history of economics in his latest book.

  • by Shane Wright
Exploring decades of literary friendship: Joyce Carol Oates’ Letters to a Biographer

Exploring decades of literary friendship: Joyce Carol Oates’ Letters to a Biographer

Joyce Carol Oates has written more than 70 books. Her latest is a selection of letters that eventually led to her correspondent writing her biography.

  • by JP O'Malley
From the Voice to the word, John Farnham tells his own story

From the Voice to the word, John Farnham tells his own story

At long last the singer, now free from cancer, is writing his memoir.

  • by Jason Steger
At its heart, Bruce Pascoe’s Black Duck is a love story of both people and Country

At its heart, Bruce Pascoe’s Black Duck is a love story of both people and Country

Author Tony Birch reviews a deeply philosophical book by Pascoe and his partner Lyn Harwood about their personal growth and the need to live humbly with the land.

  • by Tony Birch