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Kylie Northover is Spectrum Deputy Editor at The Age

This biting, bonkers metafictional caper is a wild ride

This biting, bonkers metafictional caper is a wild ride

Jimmy O Yang and Ronny Chieng star in this sharp adaptation of Charles Wu’s novel

  • by Kylie Northover

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Who are we? Where did we come from? Settle in for a night like no other

Who are we? Where did we come from? Settle in for a night like no other

Archeologist and broadcaster Alice Roberts admits that explaining life on Earth in one evening is “a bit ambitious”.

  • by Kylie Northover
ABC’s horror series Spooky Files is ‘not just for kids’

ABC’s horror series Spooky Files is ‘not just for kids’

Guy Edmonds, the co-creator, writer and director of ABC’s Spooky Files, considers the show “family viewing” for parents and children alike.

  • by Kylie Northover
Think a book can’t be scary? Try these four spooky reads

Think a book can’t be scary? Try these four spooky reads

Here are four books to read this Halloween if you’re looking for a decent scare. Best read at night and alone.

  • by Kylie Northover
Ready your tissues for the final season of Somebody Somewhere

Ready your tissues for the final season of Somebody Somewhere

It’s time to say goodbye to this incredible series that celebrates friendship and belonging.

  • by Kylie Northover
Sorry, online haters, but The Office Australia is genuinely fun

Sorry, online haters, but The Office Australia is genuinely fun

Comedian Felicity Ward nails it as an incompetent, zany “girlboss” in the much-discussed Australian version of the hit comedy.

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What happens when you turn junk into art? It’s suddenly worth stealing

What happens when you turn junk into art? It’s suddenly worth stealing

In the lead-up to an exhibition by Tennant Creek Brio artists, some of their upcycled artworks went missing. They’re willing to discuss a ransom.

  • by Kylie Northover
Ella Purnell channels female rage in this dark serial-killer comedy

Ella Purnell channels female rage in this dark serial-killer comedy

Purnell plays a woman who takes matters – and splatters – into her own hands after years of being overlooked.

  • by Kylie Northover
Sophie Turner trades Game of Thrones gowns for shoulder pads in Joan

Sophie Turner trades Game of Thrones gowns for shoulder pads in Joan

This cracking story is based on the real-life story of Joan Hannington, a master jewel thief in 1980s London.

  • by Kylie Northover
For a whole year, I didn’t write a single sentence: Matt Haig

For a whole year, I didn’t write a single sentence: Matt Haig

The author of the phenomenally successful 2020 novel The Midnight Library had intended to give up writing - until he faced up to his past.

  • by Kylie Northover
The perfect man does exist, says Dolly Alderton. He’s just a bit hard to find
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The perfect man does exist, says Dolly Alderton. He’s just a bit hard to find

The rock-star author reckons she now knows what Millennial women want … just don’t call her “the voice of her generation”.

  • by Kylie Northover

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