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What’s a Rum’un? How this new AFL mascot got its name
Meet a monster with meaning in every snarl.
- by David Astle
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I didn’t expect my book to make money, but Meta has stolen my work
For most authors (myself included), writing a book is rarely profitable, which makes Meta’s alleged use of books to train their AI systems a tough read.
- by Thomas Mitchell
Millennials, mums and an Australian mermaid: eight new books
Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction releases
- by Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp
From lusty krakens to Satan burgers, literary tastes are getting weird
Missing vowels might be the least of your troubles as writers embrace a new level of bonkers.
- by Jane Sullivan
Is this the most Australian crime thriller of all time?
Jane Caro’s Lyrebird is a well-crafted crime novel – and as Aussie as it gets.
- by Sue Turnbull
This sharp satire features a conwoman you can empathise with
The anti-heroine in Sophie Quick’s debut novel scams people just enough to get by – because she’s a single mother with no support.
- by Jessie Tu
‘Streaming as surveillance’: How Spotify is poisoning music in the digital age
In Mood Machine, American music journalist Liz Pelly outlines the story of the music streaming giant’s conquest of streaming.
- by Michael Dwyer
The genius physicist whose work was inspired by Escher
Roger Penrose, a mathematician and physicist, is still working at age 93.
- by Pat Sheil
A poetic thriller about humanity and connection in the internet age
Colum McCann’s new novel is, as its title suggests, a twisty literary thriller that breaks the rules.
- by Peter Craven
‘I went slightly nuts’: How a TV horror binge inspired this bestselling time-travel novel
A lockdown TV binge prompted author Kaliane Bradley to dig into polar exploration. Now the novel that came of it is being turned into its own series.
- by Jason Steger
Kerry Greenwood, author behind Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, dies at 70
The beloved novelist and lawyer was best known for her Phryne Fisher novels, a historical crime series set in Melbourne.
- by Elizabeth Flux
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