Iconic 90s bass players Melissa Auf Der Maur (Hole) and Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth) chronicle a time characterised by messy humanity, low-level trust and delicate egos.
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Master storyteller Mohammed Massoud Morsi’s touching new novel explores the fate of asylum seekers fleeing the Syrian civil war.
In the 1940s, tent cities and ‘shanty’ settlements appeared across Australia, as families struggled to find homes. The government acted then – and needs to now.
Gallipoli was a hastily launched military campaign over a maritime choke point – and has parallels with the Strait of Hormuz.
This week, our world feels more uncertain than ever. It’s tempting to turn away – but attentive curiosity and ‘radical open-mindedness’ are better ways to combat chaos.
The Trap delights in a Dickensian world of grifters and chancers, crooked cops and witty hookers
Donald Trump’s AI image of himself looking like Jesus has been widely derided as blasphemous. But what exactly is blasphemy?
Environmental solutions that come in the guise of technological progress may harbour dangers we can’t fully fathom or control.
Winnie-the-Pooh is a perfect mixture of sweetness and sharp observation, shifting between light and dark, funny and tragi-comic.
Michael Winkler’s quietly provocative second novel, Griefdogg, asks: what if you had enough money to just … exist?
Sarah Holland-Batt, Fiona Wright, John Kinsella, Luke Johnson and Aidan Coleman share the poems they reach for in difficult times – offering hope, insight and beauty.
Vijay Mishra changed forever when a cinema opened in his Fijian town, in 1951. He traces Bollywood’s shift from multicultural fantasy to Hindu nationalism.
Bob Hawke ably managed his government, but he was also luckier than previous Labor prime ministers.
Steve Toltz was shortlisted for the Booker for his rollicking debut. His new novel, A Rising of the Lights, suggests true solace lies in human connection.
29-year-old Madeline Cash’s debut, Lost Lambs, was lauded by Lena Dunham – and it’s inspired by The Corrections and hard-boiled detective fiction.
Former child star Jennette McCurdy’s gross, gripping debut novel shows there is no single, correct way to engage with stories about female desire and power.
Withdraw, endure, or laugh? The ancients have some advice about facing disillusionment.
When we lose the ability to politely disagree, it narrows the space for thinking out loud. Here are 5 tips for conversations that allow constructive disagreement.
Opera singer, producer and librettist Caitlin Vincent explores big questions about her art form in Opera Wars – a lively book bristling with ideas.
Alex Preston has admitted to using AI to write a New York Times Book Review. He has not only embarrassed himself, but broken the trust of his readers.
The Australian way of life displayed in The Magic Pudding revolves around the life of the belly, not the life of the mind.
Hans Christian Andersen published The Emperor’s New Clothes in 1837. How did his life as an outsider shape the meaning of this darkly prescient story?
Children’s writer Penni Russon grew up reading Judy Blume. She read her biography trying to find the person she knew intimately from her novels.
Dennis Altman’s Righting my World tells the story of his long history in activism, over 50 years, beginning with the gay liberation movement of the 1960s.
George Eliot saw literature as uniquely capable of extending our sympathies, but her work engaged deeply with scientific questions too.