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Will AI make me obsolete? You be the judge
There are ghost-writers in the machine, and it’s getting uncomfortable.
- by David Astle
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From romcoms to Rasputin: 10 new books for your bedside table
Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction releases.
- by Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll
Debra Adelaide’s novel about friendship is a tender, complex requiem
The author’s new work auto-fiction reflects on her lifelong friendship with the late writer Gabrielle Carey
- by Juliet Rieden
The 30-minute timer trick: The productivity hack behind Natasha Lester’s 12 novels
The Perth writer’s books celebrate 20th-century women who’ve done incredible things and promptly been forgotten – and it’s earned her a global readership.
- by Katrina Strickland
Judy Blume’s books were my companions in a lonely, liminal time
A new biography of the legendary author of teen realism has Simmone Howell indulging in casual bibliomancy
- by Simmone Howell
Younger people have no idea I spent most of my 20s in a moshpit: Rosalie Ham
The author of The Dressmaker has written a book about ageing, which she gleefully says cannot be done gracefully.
- by Jane Sullivan
Was Hollywood legend Joan Crawford really a megalomaniac monster?
Biographer Scott Eyman reveals that there was much more to the star than what we think we know from Mommie Dearest and the Bette Davis “feuds”.
- by N. Smith
This propulsive book captures what it means to become a young man in Australia
The action in Alan Fyfe’s novel takes place in one night, but is epic, in the true sense of the word.
- by Will Hunt
This tale of chosen family and motherhood fizzes and sings
Tayari Jones’ new novel examines the question of kinship – the kin you are born to and the kin you create.
- by Nicole Abadee
Opinion
WordPlay
Do you hunker or bunker down? A word expert answers your questions
Our language teems with these close cousins, like wiggle or wriggle room.
- by David Astle
Cults, political thrills, ADHD and the Murdochs: 10 new books
Our reviewers cast their eyes over new fiction and non-fiction releases.
- by Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp