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Life is too short to read books I don’t enjoy
I won’t hesitate to give up on a TV show after one or two episodes, so why do unfinished books leave me so conflicted?
- by Kerri Sackville
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A Day trip through nature, language and culture
Novelist Gregory Day’s award-winning nature writing is firmly on the side of the traditional owners of Country.
- by John Kinsella
It’s a man’s world: Trying to find a place for women in religion
Louise Omer went in search of a religion where women can really belong.
- by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
The tender love story that should be on every book club’s list
Yvonne Weldon’s Sixty-Seven Days rises to the challenge of depicting human love and joy with intimacy and respect, open-hearted trust and sensuous delight.
- by Juliette Hughes
What to read next: A near-perfect novella and a warning about war
Lucy Sussex and Steven carroll have cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction
- by Lucy Sussex and Steven Carroll
He won the Melbourne Cup at 14, then vanished. Who was Johnny Day?
Robert Drewe’s latest novel Nimblefoot reimagines the extraordinary life of a champion pedestrian and winning jockey.
- by Morag Fraser
The top 10 books you should read in August
Stack your shelves with new reads from Dr Norman Swan, the bestselling Sayaka Murata, the witty and stylish Geoff Dyer, plus Robert Drewe and Siang Lu.
- by Jason Steger
New artistic director appointed for Sydney Writers’ Festival
One of Ann Mossop’s first big challenges is to attract audiences back in numbers after two years of pandemic impacted events.
- by Jason Steger
Anh Do shares his vision for a Marvel-style universe full of his characters
Anh Do is busy: he’s got about 50 books to write and an entire universe to create, using Wolf Girl and many of his children’s book characters.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
A delightful murder mystery from a true master of the genre
Sulari Gentill’s latest crime novel has an intriguing meta aspect to it.
- by Sue Turnbull
The inside story of toxic food trends and cult-like chefs
Jess Ho’s Raised by Wolves is full of insider revelations and a growing sense of guilt about the state of the restaurant industry.
- by Jenny Valentish