Reviews
Book Review: On Robyn Davidson: Writers on Writers by Richard Cooke
Cooke’s Robyn Davidson Writers on Writers is a cool, clever look at an elusive and enigmatic presence who illuminates the…
Book review: The Whole Picture by Alice Procter
Writer Alice Procter encourages the reader to think more critically and challenge the institutionalised paradigms of power and privilege in…
Book review: Law in War by Catherine Bond
Legislation enacted at a time of crisis has a tendency to erode civil liberties.
Book review: Your Duck is My Duck by Deborah Eisenberg
Eisenberg can pack all the emotion and insights of a novel into a single short story.
Book review: The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay
The Animals in That Country is an eerily prescient story of a novel virus which leaves those affected with the…
Book review: Almost a Mirror by Kirsten Krauth
A novel of reminiscence for a different time: 1980s Australia and its rumbustious music scene.
Book review: Fighting for our Lives by Nick Cook
In the early 1980s, a then unknown virus, later identified as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), began to infect people…
Review: 2020 Biennale of Sydney (NSW)
Was it the First Nations biennale we needed? We take a look at how this exhibition forces viewers to navigate…
Book review: Agent Running in the Field by John le Carré
A great spy story from a master of the craft.
Review: Monster Theatres – 2020 Adelaide Biennial, Art Gallery of SA
This is a brave exhibition on many levels. It feels like a slow dance between veiled narratives and the raw…