Of changing modern elites and modern irritations
Book reviewer COLIN STEELE settles on two interesting titles. One deals with the slowly changing face of the elites in Britain, the other a humorous listing of the good and bad of modern life.
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Omar Musa, visual artist, rapper and poet from Queanbeyan, has won first and second prize in the 2024 Newcastle Short Story Award for his two stories, Langsat and Boogeyman.
DAVID TURNBULL continues his series of profiles on Canberrans with a story. This week he meets a familiar TV news face who's gone from writing fact to fiction.
After Christmas, book reviewer ANNA CREER started reading some of the remaining books on the review shelf and discovered four real gems.
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Taste of the fantasy fiction topping book sales
Fantasy is now the best-selling fiction genre in Australia, says book reviewer COLIN STEELE, who illustrates why in his latest column.
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Emerging author takes charge of writers’ festival
An emerging local author, Andra Putnis, has been appointed as the new artistic director of the Canberra Writers Festival for 2025, after the surprise departure of Beejay Silcox from the role.
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Chilling Nordic whodunit in the classic style
ANNA CREER reviews two new Nordic Noir thrillers.
The artistic director of Canberra Writers Festival, Beejay Silcox, is stepping down after two years at the helm.
One of Australia's most articulate photographers has just released a 348-page book that traces the progress of Aboriginal activism in Australia mostly through photographs, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Arts editor HELEN MUSA starts her new arts year with news of singers Sarah Blasko and Amy Shark.
Recent international research shows Australians are buying and reading fewer books than people in many other countries. But why?
Libraries ACT's most borrowed book of 2024 is Lola in the Mirror, by Australian author Trent Dalton.
Book reviewer ANNA CREER shares her novel of the year plus four others that stand out from the pack.
Book reviewer COLIN STEELE wraps up a year of wide reading to settle on five of his favourites.
COLIN STEELE reviews a couple of books with lots of spooky Christmas twists.
Legal columnist HUGH SELBY offers a learned review of a new book likely to ruffle feathers as it pokes fun at the Australian legal profession.
Two of Australia's leading fantasy writers, Isobelle Carmody and Garth Nix have made Canberra the location in their latest books, writes reviewer COLIN STEELE.
COLIN STEELE reviews a couple of biographies from British comedians Michael Palin and Bill Bailey.
Evie Hudson has amnesia. She 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 Emma Grey's second fictional novel Pictures of You.
