Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize
The world’s most influential prize for a single work of fiction has been announced in London this morning. Australian Charlotte Wood was among six authors shortlisted, but an English author took out the award.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
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Technology brings a music icon back to life. The heart does the rest
I wept during this extraordinary immersive encounter with Ryuichi Sakamoto.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
This NGV show celebrates the greatest love stories – our pets
Whether you’re a dog or a cat person, you’ll know it’s a relationship like no other, as the artworks in NGV’s exhibition from across the centuries and cultures reveal.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Soup, salad, sandwiches. The Bear’s Fak on his ‘holy trinity’ of food
A chef in real life, Matheson plays the eccentric handyman in the cult TV show, despite being originally enlisted for his culinary skills.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Christie Whelan Browne on smashing her own personal beauty myth
In her upcoming cabaret show Life in Plastic, the musical theatre triple threat reveals intimate details of her life.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Extent of Epstein’s crimes yet to be told, says Australian journalist
Lucia Osborne-Crowley says there’s a bigger, darker story yet to be told about Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Sacked pianist’s action against MSO reveals its divisions
Sacked pianist Jayson Gillham will come up against the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for an initial hearing in the Federal Court next week.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Pianist Jayson Gillham files legal action against MSO
The stoush between the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and a pianist has escalated, with legal action filed in the Federal Court.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
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Sarah Snook’s Dorian Gray was a West End triumph. Now it’s heading to Broadway
Having wowed audiences in London, the Succession star is set to take on New York in the brilliantly reimagined Oscar Wilde tale.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Meet the first-ever cohort of women to graduate from uni - in Melbourne
Women’s brains were considered smaller than men’s, until a small group of trailblazing students resolved to blow that idea out of existence.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Australian author Charlotte Wood makes Booker shortlist
No Australian woman has ever won the Booker. Wood is among six finalists announced overnight.
- by Kerrie O'Brien and Kate Lahey
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