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Arts & Entertainment

Canberra’s best coverage of local arts news plus reviews, including dining, film, theatre, music, visual arts and dance

Books

Political history judged book of the year

Frank Bongiorno’s "Dreamers and Schemers", a compelling and comprehensive account of Australia’s political life, from pre-settlement indigenous systems to the present day, is the ACT Book of the Year 2023.

Reviews

Triumphant ‘Lear’, a psychological thriller

"Karen Vickery’s Lear is a triumphant revelation of deeply psychological motivations, feelings and responses that are embedded in the text but which have rarely been extracted." JOE WOODWARD reviews "King Lear" at The Q.

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