Alongside crime and fiction,books about war and the military are bestsellers in Australia. Peter Stanley’s new book provides a monumental survey.
This year’s shortlist includes five books by women – the highest number in the prize’s 55-year history. But it’s the only man on the list who is holy tipped to win the coveted prize.
Our reviewers cast their eyes over new fiction and non-fiction releases.
From vintage stores to loungerooms,a new music platform is matching audiences with artists in intimate,secret spaces.
In Chinese Postman,Castro’s elderly protagonist,Abe,leads an unobtrusive life in the Adelaide Hills,sifting through desires met and unmet,letters read or discarded.
A new documentary,<i>Stones and Brian Jones</i>,traces the short,inspired life of a forgotten man.
A new memoir details the mental and physical torment Anthony Field endured over decades – and how he helped launch the Wiggles into the stratosphere.
Olivia Laing’s new non-fiction work is both a memoir and an impassioned case for gardens and gardening.
From Here to the Great Unknown retells a deeply tragic family history burdened with addiction and trauma.
Shutting down my laptop and clearing my Google Calendar made me realise just how tenuous my self-perception had been.
Written as he was dying,Mark Raphael Baker’s book is a meditation on living well in the face of death.