Culture
Books
The Wheeler Centre goes back to the future with new CEO
The woman who was supposed to be the inaugural director of the Wheeler Centre is named as Michael Williams' replacement.
- by Jason Steger
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Review
Author Leah Swann on the four books that changed her
Author Leah Swann on the four books that changed her.
- by Leah Swann
Review
Ashe Davenport's Sad Mum Lady isn't the story of every mum
In her debut memoir, Ashe Davenport captures the full gamut of motherhood.
- by Bec Kavanagh
Literature
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
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
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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
Opinion
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