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Billy Strings, bluegrass music’s boy wonder, explains how he found his purpose (and a couple of Grammys along the way).

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Tina Knowles’ memoir is a moving meditation on black motherhood – but don’t expect any celebrity gossip.

Award-winning author Gail Jones’ new novel is set in Sydney and Broken Hill, both of which are vividly alive in the text.

We Were Liars has a touch of King Lear and a hint of Wuthering Heights, but it’s unashamedly soapie as all hell.

Sometimes, in this city, you have to pay attention to the positives.

According to a new study, our cussing standards have diminished. Get to f---in’ work, Australia.

Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later has echoes of very recent world events that seemed impossible when he made the first film in the franchise back in 2002.

When musician Dean Manning found an old suitcase on a Sydney nature strip, it kick-started a years-long obsession about the owner’s true identity.

The comfort of sticking with one free-to-air TV channel for hours is not just the heady nostalgia of the content, but the absence of decision-making.

Our reviewers cast their eyes over new fiction and non-fiction releases.