Margaret Atwood’s late husband haunts her profound new book

Margaret Atwood’s late husband haunts her profound new book

Old Babes in the Wood is marked by shocking flashes and jolts of horrifying imagery that point to the brutality of a darker truth.

  • byCarmel Bird

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The 10 books to read in March

The 10 books to read in March

There are new releases from Margaret Atwood,Sebastian Barry and Eleanor Catton,a biography of Tanya Plibersek and a 650-page whopper about our changing world.

  • byJason Steger
From Sydney’s west to Hollywood’s A-list:Meet The Handmaid’s Tale’s Aussie star

From Sydney’s west to Hollywood’s A-list:Meet The Handmaid’s Tale’s Aussie star

Yvonne Strahovski is one of the best things about the dystopian TV hit – so good that most viewers have no idea she’s Australian,the daughter of Polish immigrants who know a thing or two about barbaric regimes.

  • byAmanda Hooton
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Trailer:The Handmaid's Tale

Based on the book,the series portrays a dystopian future oppressive to women,and the growing resistance movement.

Ralph Heimans:royalty’s go-to painter

Ralph Heimans:royalty’s go-to painter

His parents took him to a psychologist because he wanted to be an artist. Now the Australian artist has painted the Queen and a host of other luminaries.

  • byBevan Shields
US Supreme Court nominee served as a'handmaid'in conservative Christian group

US Supreme Court nominee served as a'handmaid'in conservative Christian group

Old directories reveal that Judge Amy Coney Barrett,Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court,served as a'handmaid'in a Christian group that believes in the supremacy of men.

  • byMichael Biesecker andMichelle R. Smith
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I read America's most challenged books. The gay penguins did not corrupt me.
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I read America's most challenged books. The gay penguins did not corrupt me.

Part lament and part celebration,the The Top 10 Most Challenged Books is a call to arms for book lovers,but it's also an electrocardiogram of our nation's troubled heart.

  • byRon Charles
Thumbs up,thumbs down:The cycles of'cancel culture'

Thumbs up,thumbs down:The cycles of'cancel culture'

Two separate but in many ways similar statements,signed by some of Australia's and the world's most significant cultural leaders and published last week,have intensified the debate about"cancel culture".

  • byMelanie Kembrey
Rowling,Atwood among 150 authors warning of'intolerance of opposing views'

Rowling,Atwood among 150 authors warning of'intolerance of opposing views'

They've signed a letter,titled'A Letter on Justice and Open Debate',denouncing the"restriction of debate"in modern culture.

  • byMuri Assunção
Margaret Atwood's final Australian trip with partner Graeme Gibson

Margaret Atwood's final Australian trip with partner Graeme Gibson

Margaret Atwood and her late partner Graeme Gibson knew they did not have long together when they visited Australia earlier this year.

  • byMelanie Kembrey
In shock first,Turner Prize goes to all four finalists as nominees ask to share award

In shock first,Turner Prize goes to all four finalists as nominees ask to share award

The finalists of the prestigious art award said,at a time when the world is divided,they wanted"to make a collective statement in the name of commonality,multiplicity and solidarity."

  • byJill Lawless