See & Do
Fires haunt the night of Rufus Wainwright’s masterful show
His vibrato-rich voice channelled centuries of musical influences, from folk to opera, while across the Pacific, his city burned.
- Will Cox, Andy Hazel, Andrew Fuhrmann and Cameron Woodhead
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PJ Harvey is more keenly aware than ever of the toll art can take
The musician spent eight years working on the world of her latest album, I Inside the Old Year Dying.
- Michael Dwyer
A baby is found and a village is changed in this moving Irish novel
Niall Williams returns to the village of Faha in this vividly evoked story about community.
- Brian McFarlane
Carol Jerrems died at 30. This exhibition of her work is a revelation
She died young, and that is the least important aspect of this Australian photographer’s art.
- Joanna Mendelssohn
We should all know this story of the documents that changed Australia
Historian and author Clare Wright has spent a decade investigating the story of petitions on bark created by the Yirrkala community in Arnhem Land in 1963.
- Ann McGrath
In an electric gig, this performer proved that she isn’t bothered about norms
For the dancing alone, it’s worth the price of admission – with some of the best moves in the game, Tinashe is hypnotic.
- Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Kate Jones and Tony Way
What drives Germany’s neo-Nazis? This masterful novel seeks answers
Bernhard Schlink took us inside the mind of an SS guard in The Reader. His latest work explores a modern country still shadowed by the past.
- Tom Ryan
Barbra Streisand’s blunt question was this actor’s moment of truth
Josh Brolin, stepson of the legendary singer, and son of actor James Brolin, has written a memoir about his troubled life.
- Nathan Smith
He’s released nearly 30 albums. But this punk lifer won’t stop
The hyper-prolific John Dwyer of cult LA noisemakers Osees is a man who can’t slow down.
- Barry Divola
Secrets, confessions and an autobiography that was supposed to be posthumous: Twelve new books for the new year
From a memoir by Caroline Darian, daughter of Gisèle Pelicot, to the new novel by a Miles Franklin winner, there’s plenty in store for book lovers this month.
- Jason Steger
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