Film review: Michael, Alphabet Lane
Michael Jackson’s long-awaited biopic dodges the elephant in the room and delivers something so sanitised it barely registers as a movie. On the other hand,…
By Francisco Silva - 8 min read
Artist interview: The Gospel According to Paul
Jonathon Biggins on the ‘honour and privilege’ of portraying former Prime Minister Paul Keating.
By LSJ Team - 4 min read
Film review: Michael, Alphabet Lane
Michael Jackson’s long-awaited biopic dodges the elephant in the room and delivers something so sanitised it barely registers as a movie. On the other hand,…
By Francisco Silva - 8 min read
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Book review: Night of the Living Rez
By Reuben Fourt-Wells - 3 min readWith plenty of dark humour, Morgan Talty’s Night of the Living Rez explores fractured family life on the Penobscot Nation in Maine.
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Book review: Hooked
By Vincent Barry - 3 min readAfter the thunderous success of Butter, Asako Suzuki’s sixth novel finally receives an English translation.
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Book review: Styled
By Anna Fischer - 4 min readSally Mackinnon’s Styled explores body image, fashion advice, and the journey toward more intentional, confident personal style.
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Book review: People With No Charisma
By Reuben Fourt-Wells - 3 min readA bleak, emotionally draining novel that explores life’s trivial anxieties with humorless precision—reading it feels like enduring depression on the page.
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Book review: Heart Lamp
By Caroline Wagner - 3 min readHeart Lamp, the first Kannada-language winner of the International Booker Prize, is a powerful collection of stories by Banu Mushtaq, exploring women’s lives under patriarchy…
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Book review: Yilkari: A desert suite
By Vincent Barry - 3 min readA lyrical journey through the Australian desert, Yilkari: A Desert Suite is a meditative, genre-defying reflection on Country, connection, and the echoes of memory scattered across…
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Book review: Audition
By Amy Dale - 2 min readKatie Kitamura’s new novel is a puzzling, and compelling story that continues to explore the themes of marriage she introduced in her previous work.
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Book review: Twist
By Vincent Barry - 3 min readCollum McCann’s new novel is an compelling thriller set in the world of “underwater cable repairs” that remains with its reader for a while.