Spectrum
From a blob to birds: Eight new books to read this week
Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction releases.
- Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp
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PSA: You don’t need a professional photo shoot for every occasion
The ones that I find most irritating are the family photographs. They are always the same.
- Mali Waugh
Robert Lukins plays a risky narrative game in his third novel
Similar in narrative style to Kafka’s The Trial, Lukins’ new novel, centred on the crimes of a wealthy American family, withholds specific details.
- Jack Cameron Stanton
This book is so powerful, it’s hard to resist the urge to cry
Jewish scholar Peter Beinart imagines a world where Jews who support Israel’s bombardment of Gaza and Jews who are utterly opposed make accommodations with each other.
- Jenna Price
Grief in every detail: Geraldine Brooks on life after loss
Brooks’ memoir of her marriage and grief is vulnerable and tender.
- Michael McGirr
- Opinion
- Pets
Be kind and keep going: A dog’s guide to growing older
Sometimes, the older humans in my circle go all weird when confessing to a quick snooze in the early afternoon. Why the embarrassment?
- Richard Glover
The extreme measures writers take for a killer book blurb
Blurbs can be a delicate matter in the book world. They can make or break a literary friendship.
- David Free
The greatest trick ever will change your mind about magic
The climax is no less moving than a great line of poetry or a soaring phrase of music.
- David Free
I didn’t know Sara and Lily, but I followed their story from afar
The mother and daughter were both so vibrant, I never saw death knocking.
- Jessie Cole
- Opinion
- WordPlay
‘Bouncy pork’ and ‘clown bus’: The new words that went viral overseas
Before 2025 gets too old, let’s see the alternative coinages that captured the global year that was.
- David Astle
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