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This Australian psychological thriller examines death penalty with a horrific twist

This Australian psychological thriller examines death penalty with a horrific twist

Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction releases, including an engaging account of the seven Cleopatras and Geoffrey Robertson’s crisply argued case for prosecuting Putin.

  • by Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll

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This retelling of Huckleberry Finn is a masterful satire of race

This retelling of Huckleberry Finn is a masterful satire of race

Percival Everett tells the story of Mark Twain’s classic from the point of view of Jim, the runaway slave who befriends Huck.

  • by Declan Fry
The day I shopped for hair products with Booker Prize winner Paul Lynch
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The day I shopped for hair products with Booker Prize winner Paul Lynch

Booker Prize winner 2023 Paul Lynch is in Australia to talk about his award-winning book Prophet Song.

  • by Helen Pitt
This memoir on grief is a treasure chest of honesty and raw humanity

This memoir on grief is a treasure chest of honesty and raw humanity

When her partner of 25 years died, Nova Weetman found the necessity of work and her two children kept her connected to reality.

  • by Michael McGirr
These are the 10 events not to miss at Sydney Writers’ Festival

These are the 10 events not to miss at Sydney Writers’ Festival

This year’s literary feast offers a tantalising menu for lovers of all sorts of writing.

  • by Jason Steger
Determined, tone-deaf and glib: Rebel Wilson tells her own story

Determined, tone-deaf and glib: Rebel Wilson tells her own story

Wilson is a talented actor, but she can’t replicate that talent in her memoir.

  • by Stephen Brook
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Australia leads the world in the use of this oxymoronic term
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Australia leads the world in the use of this oxymoronic term

During this year’s budget there was one recurrent word association that appeared more than others.

  • by David Astle
Colm Toibin didn’t think he’d write a Brooklyn sequel. So why has he?

Colm Toibin didn’t think he’d write a Brooklyn sequel. So why has he?

The Irish writer’s latest novel returns to the world of Eilis Lacey.

  • by Jason Steger
Eleven years ago, she won NSW’s most prestigious book prize. She just did it again

Eleven years ago, she won NSW’s most prestigious book prize. She just did it again

Ali Cobby Eckermann always wanted to be a writer. Now she’s received the highest accolade in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards for the second time.

  • by Kerrie O'Brien
Three writers named 2024 Best Young Australian Novelists

Three writers named 2024 Best Young Australian Novelists

Now in its 28th year, the prize is given to an Australian writer of fiction aged 35 or under.

  • by Melanie Kembrey
A frantic call from a sinking ship: this novel opens with a coroner’s report

A frantic call from a sinking ship: this novel opens with a coroner’s report

Miles Franklin winner Shankari Chandran has an agenda in her new book Safe Haven, as our desire not to see has only been strengthened.

  • by Helen Elliott