Spectrum
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.
- Sue Turnbull
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Hacks returns with a new setting but the same razor-sharp satire
Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder return with an all-new (but still toxic) dynamic as they take on late-night TV.
- Kylie Northover
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.
- Jessie Tu
How Spotify’s techno-capitalism is stamping on the face of humanity
In Mood Machine, American music journalist Liz Pelly outlines the story of the music streaming giant’s conquest of streaming.
- Michael Dwyer
The genius physicist whose work was inspired by Escher
Roger Penrose, a mathematician and physicist, is still working at age 93.
- 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.
- Peter Craven
Space has a PR problem. It’s time to make it great again
Using space as a stunt to recover from a failed album is just another nail in the coffin of the great black void’s reputation.
- Patrick Lenton
Guy Montgomery is everywhere, but he thinks he’s ‘pretty generic’
The New Zealander has written for others, appeared in films, done fundraisers, but he describes these ventures as “dream-adjacent.”
- John Bailey
- Opinion
- WordPlay
Feeling puzzled? This is how crosswords soothe us in hectic times
I can monster a cryptic before my beer goes flat, but what’s the hurry?
- David Astle
Cathartic rock and eshay rap at its finest: The best new Aussie music to hear
A monthly spotlight on our favourite new albums, singles and videos from local musicians.
- Nick Buckley, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Robert Moran and Jules LeFevre
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