What would love do?
Lyndsay Brown describes one of the hardest periods of her life: the first year of parenting a transgender daughter.
The Godmothers
The ebb and flow of the yarn weaved and spun here by McInerney, one of Australia’s best authors at composing exquisite family dramas, takes us…
This taste for silence
When we stop, reflect and consider human life generally, it resembles a complex tapestry of emotions, experiences, senses and events that take us to the…
The pull of the stars
Publishers and authors are not exempt from the unknowns of 2020. Hotly anticipated new titles were pulled as global distribution chains shut down. What could…
From snow to ash
It’s a brave journalist who – after winning Walkleys for his work – decides to quit his job and throw it all in for five…
Either Side of Midnight
Sam Midford opens the monologue for his weekly current affairs show by shooting himself in the head. It’s this heart-in-your-mouth scene that opens Either Side…
Fallout
Can a single magazine article change international thinking? Can a magazine allow one article to be an entire issue?
Anxious People
Anxious People is described as “One bank robber. Seven strangers. And a really bad idea”. It is a blunt introduction to our everyday survival and…
The Truth Hurts
Boe. Burma Born. Bright Boy. Brisbane Bred. Buranda Bellringer. Bold Barrister. Brave Book. The Truth Hurts reveals Andrew Boe’s philosophical development as a lawyer and contemporary thinker. …
The Fatal Lure of Politics: The Life and Thought of Vere Gordon Childe
This historian’s radical portrayal showcases the two lives of Vere Gordon Childe – himself a radical archaeologist-Marxist political activist and perhaps one of Australia’s greatest…
The Commando Way: A special forces commander’s lessons for life, leadership and success
Bram Connolly is a 20-year veteran of the Australian Defence Force, serving more than 15 years in the Special Forces during which he earned the…