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Sigmund Freud’s 800-page book on dreams introduced a new way of thinking about the mind that reverberated through the 20th century.
A suspicion of prose poetry permeated Anglophone countries in the 20th century. Today, it is rejuvenating poetic traditions.
The Thornbacks features ‘weird sisters’ whose reaction to being unloved is to make themselves unlovable to almost everyone – except each other.
Boomer Lucinda Holdforth sides with younger generations in Going On and On – but neither youth nor old age are monoliths.
Too many Australians affected by cancer are being financially ruined or receiving sub-optimal (or no) care, due to cost or distance – and it’s everyone’s problem.
The female cannibal has become a radical figure who satisfies her cravings.
Who was the ‘real’ Robin Hood – community champion or violent criminal? Those in power and the people who shared his tales in pubs have long disagreed.
A new collection of 80-year-old songs, passed around Holocaust survivors, emerged from a discovery in a Sydney closet.
These vibrant, provocative books come together in their contemplation of what it means to be Australian in a global context.
Land reasserts the Gaelic language and culture in opposition to the culture of the British colonisers, but relies on simplistic characterisations.
A massive new data centre in Sydney is the latest push in the AI boom – but a backlash is building.
In parliament, Tim Wilson’s performative outrage overwhelms his thinking. But on the page, he is thoughtful. Why is Jim Chalmers praising his opponent’s book?
For Tolkien, any place can become “Mordor”, when the desire to benefit others turns into the will to dominate them.
These novels look inwards and backwards, explaining our failed liberation and saving what they can as the world hurtles to oblivion.
In 1866, the topic became so controversial that the Société de Linguistique de Paris banned discussions about language origins altogether.
First published in 2000, Persepolis created a transformative shift in comics, memoir and political storytelling. Its Iranian–French creator has died, aged 56.
Australia’s bookshops are in trouble, and that’s bad news for readers. But there are ideas we could borrow from Europe to help make our bookshops healthy again.
We are designed to smell each other – but the custom-made soulmates of AI are frictionless, and always available. What if we fall out of love with our own kind?
Amanda Lohrey’s Capture takes place in weird shiny rooms, where humans are studied with curiosity and partial incomprehension.
Francesca de Tores’ Cast Away or, the Surprising Adventures of Alexander Selkirk is a timely consideration of human resilience and resourcefulness.
Pirate versions of bestselling books are swamping YouTube. Barbara Cartland’s voice will be cloned for her audiobooks. And audiobook giants are embracing AI voices.
In this adaptation of her bestselling memoir, Jacinda Ardern turns inward toward the psychological terrain of her own self-doubt – and how to overcome it.
A GP reflects on the lessons of Eric Schlosser’s ‘muckraking’ classic. A necessary health check on the world we’ve built, it urges us all to take back our agency.
Douglas Stuart won the Booker Prize for Shuggie Bain. His third novel, John of John, continues his exploration of masculinity and sexuality in repressed families.