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Artist Alice Smith theme book formatThe Evening Post Books and the Middleton Place Foundation are releasing…

Will Ferguson began his life as a travel writer and later turned to novels, including the award-winning Giller 419. His latest, The Finder, follows a mysterious thief, an Interpol agent, and a detached travel writer Thomas cities around…

ΔRegulators deal with language in different ways. One step above that to serve a plot, the electrical capabilities of the words themselves are kept under control or even unnoticed. Others give it a little more space, so that language and…

Of course, the possession of a book isn’t the same thing as possessing its contents – although a solid bookcase will make for an on-trend backdrop for Zoom calls. Still, the increase in sales is a cheering sign.The catalogue that follows…

ΔHere you stand in the comics that write children's books, some are more remarkable than others. Go ahead with Simon Farnaby, late in the horror TV series Paddington 2 - and potential successor to Jeremy Strong. Farnaby's debut children's…

Anna Leigh Newt. Photo: Sarah DeragonWhat is history and how does it work? We know, of course, that history is not fixed and unchanging. It is subject to the review and interpretation of successive waves of scholars. Sometimes the…

In a predominantly patriarchal Indian society, Shivya Nath found her to be a bold solo traveler. She leads a nomadic lifestyle, traveling the world with her backpack. Shivya is the author of a best-selling book, "The star…

Mannequins, like statues and haunted dolls, terrorize not because of their monstrous features, but on the contrary: They are terribly perfect. With a calm, empty expression and an icy indifference to the suffering of the living, a…

New Australian fantasy 2020Edited by Rebecca Starford, Kill Your Darlings, $ 24.95 Credit: This anthology of Australian fiction is so new that the pandemic is dragging its feet, and whether or not there is a coronavirus, an aura of crisis…