Book review: Safe Haven
Shankari Chandran’s gripping and persuasive novel of asylum seekers, reads like an open wound.
By Jen Webb - 5 min read
Wills, Probate and Administration Law in New South Wales (2nd edition)
Early in my career, Powell J advised me to acquire all the major texts on probate and equity practice and procedure. “Keep the current edition…
By John Armfield - < 1 min read
Film review: The Father
With actors at the very top of their game, The Father is a complicated yet compelling watch
By Francisco Silva - 3 min read
Film review: Zack Snyder’s Justice League
A bold piece of art in spite of – maybe even because of – its own flaws.
By Francisco Silva - 3 min read
Film review: Godzilla vs Kong
The blockbuster monster showdown that didn’t have to be this clumsy, and certainly not this dumb.
By Francisco Silva - 3 min read
Film review: Judas and the Black Messiah
A genre-bending biopic that truly captures the charisma of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton
By Francisco Silva - 3 min read
Film review: Nomadland
A country that has never come to terms with its own class struggle still believes in the enchantment of human perseverance.
By Francisco Silva - 3 min read
Summertime: Reflections on a Vanishing Future
A rescue pig mourning the loss of his lifelong companion brings easy tears in the opening pages of this haunting memoir from Australia’s deadly bushfire…
By Amy Dale - 2 min read
Vida: A Woman for our Time
Journalist and biographer Jacqueline Kent has graced us with both fiction and nonfiction literary masterpieces. Her latest work is the biography of Vida Goldstein.
By Laura Gamio - 2 min read
The Imitator
Evelyn Varley spends her life blending in. From an only child fleeing modest roots to fit in as a scholarship student at a prestigious boarding…
By Amy Dale - 2 min read