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Love Outlander? This slightly silly prequel is bound to satisfy
As the long-running Outlander nears its final season, this new standalone series offers double the time-slip romance.
- Kylie Northover
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The haunting Australian mystery that still captivates 50 years on
Australian director Peter Weir and his collaborators take us behind the scenes of the iconic Picnic at Hanging Rock.
- Garry Maddox
This electronic star failed high school music. But it didn’t stop her
Ninajirachi, Australia’s best underground DJ, releases her most personal statement yet.
- Robert Moran
Here are 10 new books for your bedside reading pile
Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction releases.
- Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll
Strange ideas take root in this ambitious story about our climate crisis
Rhett Davis’ second novel imagines a world in which people choose to show solidarity with the Earth by becoming trees.
- Gus Goswell
How a bloke with a stutter changed the way we talk about wages
I feared this book might be as boring as all get out. Silly me.
- Jenna Price
A bad thing happened to Eva Victor. What followed was very good indeed
The debut film Sorry, Baby set Hollywood abuzz with its nuanced approach to sexual assault.
- Stephanie Bunbury
The bonkers story of how a prank created America’s conspiracy culture
A fake government report intended as an anti-war satire became a viral phenomenon before the term existed.
- Antony Loewenstein
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that I’m suddenly addicted to period dramas
Persuasion? I don’t need it. If there’s a bonnet in it, I’m watching.
- Richard Glover
The shady side of storytelling: Why we fall for literary hoaxes
The dark secret of publishing is that the fakes and frauds we know about are only the ones that have been uncovered and publicised.
- Simon Caterson
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