Living in Australia

Arts Project Australia has been supporting artists with intellectual disabilities for more than 50 years and a new exhibition showcases their work.

Introducing Audrey

Would you be better off without your kids? Audrey is a cheeky, darkly humorous film that explores maternal regret

From a whisper to a scream

Though eclipsed for a time by the rise of slasher films and other gory fare, the venerable literary genre of ‘quiet horror’ is due for a much needed resurgence.

Remembering George Negus

George Negus, who has died at the age of 82, will be remembered as a giant of Australian television and current affairs.

Juice it up

Tim Winton’s first novel in 6 years is set hundreds of years in the future when climate change has rendered large parts of the globe uninhabitable.

Werthermania!

This month marks the 250th anniversary of the publication of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s celebrated and controversial novel of unrequited passion “The Sorrows of Young Werther”.

Introducing Intermezzo

A new novel by the Irish writer Sally Rooney offers a moving story about grief, love and family through the stories of two brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek.

After Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand was “one of the first American writers to celebrate the creative possibilities of modern capitalism and to emphasize the economic value of independent thought” and her legacy remains strong today.

The holy creed of Carbonus Rex

65 million years ago, a natural act wiped out the dinosaurs, but today it’s the dinosaurs of the fossil fuel industry who imperil life on Earth.

A nation of apologies

A lyrical perspective on the fraught political and constitutional issue of Aboriginal rights in this country.

Digital serfs

We spend more time interacting with our screens than we do each other. What space does tik-tok and instragram leave for poetry?

The war against the past

In his new book, The War Against the Past: Why the West Must Fight for Its History, Frank Furedi defends the rich history of western liberal democracies against the social justice warriors determined to destroy it.