Three books, two by Australian authors, reaffirm the dramatic impact humanity has had, and continues to have, on our fragile environment, writes reviewer COLIN STEELE.
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ROB KENNEDY reviews Birth & Rebirth, a concert performed by James Monro, Sarah Zhu and Paul Nicolaou.
GRAHAM McDONALD reviews Prayers and Lamentations, a performance by The Oriana Chorale.
"Heather Mitchell’s performance as the legendary US lawyer and judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg is poetry in motion." SIMONE PENKETHMAN reviews RGB: Of Many, One.
ALANNA MACLEAN reviews The Shoe-Horn Sonata, at The Mill Theatre, Fyshwick.
BILL STEPHENS reviews the musical Billy Elliot at The Q. He says it packs a punch physically and emotionally.
"The ensemble were magnificent. They were wonderfully supportive of the soloists but had an energy, colour, intensity and virtuosity of their own that had the audience mesmerised." ALPHA GREGORY reviews the Australian Haydn Ensemble.
"Karen Vickery’s translation of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull makes for a highly relatable and accessible text heightened by strong and, at times, very powerful performances from the cast," writes reviewer JOE WOODWARD.
LEN POWER reviews Romantic Masters, a performance by tenor Andrew Goodwin and pianist Roland Peelman.
LEN POWER reviews Heroic Masterworks performed by pianist Edward Neeman.
ROB KENNEDY reviews Son et Lumière by Musica da Camera at the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture.
KERRY-ANNE COUSINS reviews South Facing, an exhibition by Holly Grace and Julie Bradley at Craft + Design Canberra.
![Evie Hudson is a woman with amnesia, who forgets the last 13 years. Piecing her life back together, she navigates the harsh realities of coercive control.
Evie is the leading character in local author @emmagreyauthor's second novel Pictures of You.
Her debut book, The Last Love Note, sold more than 100,000 books worldwide within a few months of being published last year.
“I think that using amnesia really helped [show the effects of coercive control] because she had that sense of being completely lost in her own life,” Emma says of her new work of fiction.
To read the full story and find out more about this fabulous local author and her latest novel, visit our website at citynews.com.au or click the link in our bio! 📚✒️
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