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Books
When a classic Western meets an Irish village, trouble’s in store
Tana French’s The Hunter brings back the Chicago detective who has taken refuge in the west of Ireland.
- by Sue Turnbull
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Dramatic novel asks pertinent questions about mental health treatment
Anne Buist’s experience as a perinatal psychiatrist informs the novel she has written with Graeme Simsion.
- by Jessie Tu
This classy detective novel marries weighty concerns with playful delight
Steven Carroll’s latest novel represents a shift in genre after his prize-winning books about T.S. Eliot.
- by James Bradley
A scathing portrait of London, a society steeped in corruption
Andrew O’Hagan’s latest novel is a sprawling bit of social realism that exposes the inner workings of a society.
- by James Ley
Sacha Baron Cohen chapter cut from Australian version of Rebel Wilson book
Rebel Wilson’s book will finally be published in Australia, but the chapter about Sacha Baron Cohen will be missing.
- by Jason Steger
I may never eat fish again after reading this new book
James Bradley’s epic non-fiction book Deep Water explores the world’s oceans and our interconnectedness with them. And it may change your thinking about many things.
- by Kylie Northover
Long before ghosting, there were ghosts - at least that’s what the stories said
This year’s Melbourne Writers Festival unleashes the spirits of characters past and stories still to be told … here’s a taste of what’s to come.
A gripping and twisty psychological thriller set at a divorce ranch for women
Our reviewers cast their eyes over the eight books you’re about to see everywhere.
- by Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp
Michael Ondaatje’s ‘little fragments’ that lead to prize-winning work
The award-winning novelist says he’s writing only poetry at the moment and his new collection has an ‘elegiac tone’.
- by JP O'Malley
Opinion
WordPlay
‘Omnishambles’ caught our attention but its origin might surprise you
Justice Lee’s Lehrmann judgment – and, perhaps, his TV diet – issued a new word into the public’s consciousness.
- by David Astle
This gripping Australian exposé should come with a horror warning on the cover
Anne Manne reveals the depravity and cruelty within the Newcastle Anglican diocese.
- by Barney Zwartz