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What happens when inner-city NIMBYs meet itinerant campers?

Maryrose Cuskelly’s new novel explores privilege and hypocrisy in a setting most of us are familiar with.

  • Jessie Tu

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Nobel laureate Han Kang.

Nobel laureate Han Kang examines South Korea’s painful history

Han’s new novel moves from realism to a literary form that marries historical testimony and surreal devices.

  • Flynn Benson
Chris Minns spoke about the operation on Wednesday.

What he says and what he Minns: Deciphering the premier’s sport-speak

No one loves a sporting metaphor like NSW Premier Chris Minns.

  • David Astle
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A local DJ’s exciting new mix and indie pop’s best-kept secret: Aussie music to try this month

A monthly spotlight on our favourite new albums, EPs, singles and videos from local musicians.

  • Nick Buckley, Jules LeFevre, Robert Moran and Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
Julianne Nicholson as Kate, who opens a nightclub in Soho in 1918 in <i>Dope Girls</i>.

Cocaine, electronica and glamour: This is not your average World War I drama

This new BBC drama’s set in Soho at the end of WWI, but is full of music, colour and style.

  • Kylie Northover
The eight new books reviewed.

Medieval women, 1970s suburbia and modern divorce: Eight new books

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

  • Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp
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I tried to stop my British friend’s atrocious order. Then I joined him

An ode to oysters Kilpatrick and other glorious culinary crimes.

  • Richard Glover

Spies? They’re a lot like actors, says Cate Blanchett

Playing an undercover agent in Black Bag was a familiar journey into ambiguity.

  • Stephanie Bunbury
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My name is Patrick. Don’t you dare call me Pat

This is a cautionary tale of Aussie nickname horror.

  • Patrick Lenton
Brian Castleberry’s novel spans a century of American history.

A century-spanning tale of family, art and money

Brian Castleberry’s epic novel uses interview scripts, magazine articles, memoir chapters, university essays, blogs and even text messages.

  • Daniel Herborn

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