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Books
A wave of COVID-19 titles is set to hit bookshelves – will people read them?
Publishers are racing to carve out a space in an increasingly crowded market.
- by Melanie Kembrey
Latest
Review
Non-fiction reviews: The Last Navigator and other titles
Memoir, sex work and indgienous history among this weke's non-fiction titles
- by Steven Carroll
Analysis
Good Weekend
Crisis talks: Why combating future pandemics needs a collective mind shift today
What is COVID-19 telling us about the spread of infectious diseases? Italian physicist and author Paolo Giordano says it shows there is worse to come.
- by Greg Callaghan
Review
An old hero returns in a very contemporary thriller
Michael Connelly brings back the crime-solving journalist Jack McEvoy, for the first time since 2009's The Scarecrow.
- by Sue Turnbull
Review
Fiction reviews: The Things She Owned and other titles
New novels from Katherine Tamiko Arguile and others.
- by Kerryn Goldsworthy
Literature
Gone With the Wind, the book, presents dangerous fare for young minds
We shouldn't be surprised if there's a rise in sales of Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel.
- by Jane Sullivan
Review
Disposession and settlement in the Hunter Valley
A meticulously researched account of the first encounters between the Hunter Valley's traditional owners, convicts and free settlers.
- by Pat Sheil
Review
Critique on 'new despots' lacks vital foundation
This in-depth exploration of despotic governments makes bold and spirited arguments but falls short.
- by Robert Manne
Review
Piecing together a complex life
Biographer Darleen Bungey turns her investigative eye to her own family history.
- by Candida Baker
Review
Applications open for emerging book critics to join the SMH and Age
The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age are inviting applications from emerging book critics to join their respected team of reviewers for a six-month appointment.
Lunch with
What matters to kids in a pandemic? Life lessons, not maths
Teacher-turned-author Gabbie Stroud talks about the magic of teaching, the role of parents and South Coast oysters.
- by Helen Pitt