Film review: I Swear (plus ticket giveaway)
A solid British comedy docudrama about the real life story of a Scottish man living with Tourette’s syndrome, I Swear is the kind of educational…
By Francisco Silva - 5 min read
Not Working: Why We Have to Stop
Solidarity in slobbery, anyone? Psychoanalyst Josh Cohen thinks so. As he explains in his book, creativity depends on our connection to that still, silent spot…
By Melissa Coade - 1 min read
Memory Craft
This is a toolkit for anyone wanting to optimise their powers of memory. Fortunately, the brain is a muscle that likes to be trained, and…
By Melissa Coade - 1 min read
The Beekeeper of Aleppo
I have undertaken a workshop with Australian stingless bees. It’s fascinating to watch a community of clever, industrious creatures going about an intricate, mathematical, and…
By Melissa Coade - 1 min read
The Selected Works of Abdullah the Cossack
Author JM Naqvi introduces readers to the Pakistani city of Karachi like opening a can of multicoloured worms. You can smell the scenes and taste…
By Melissa Coade - 1 min read
Sir Francis Villeneuve Smith: Third Chief Justice of Tasmania
This is a book about a man born 200 years ago, whose accomplishments and legacy deserve to be remembered. Francis Villeneuve Smith led a remarkable…
By Melissa Coade - 1 min read
Diary of a crap housewife
Jessica Rowe is an Australian journalist, author and television presenter who most people will recognise as the sassy, short-haired former co-host of Network Ten’s breakfast…
By Kate Allman - 1 min read
Candidates Disease
This is the latest in a string of books penned by ex-pollie Peter Breen. Described by the Byron Bay-based lawyer as a “cheerful romp through…
By Melissa Coade - 1 min read
The Seventies
Welcome to the decade when the White Australia policy was abolished and the ABC broadcast its first female newsreader. Historian Michelle Arrow sling-shots readers through…
By Melissa Coade - 1 min read
The Marketer’s Guide to Law Firms
The blurb on the back cover of this book asks: “Are you a marketer or business development professional who works in a law firm and…
By Melissa Coade - 1 min read
The Ethical Leader
A manager who you can trust, who builds trust, and sees value in nurturing trust within an organisation? Sounds like fiction. In this book, Witzel…
By Melissa Coade - 1 min read