1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (241+ words) September 11, 2026 — 11:11am The world chronicled in Max Easton’s Now, Autonomy is both familiar and foreign. Set in Sydney’s inner west, the novel is peppered with local landmarks and place names: Newtown, Homebush, Parramatta Road, Central Station, Hyde Park, the QVB, the…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (453+ words) The noir label has been tenuously attached to all manner of crime fiction of late. But rather than being identified by a landscape (think rural or outback noir), or geography (Nordic noir), or even a setting (domestic noir), the real…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (194+ words) September 9, 2026 — 2:31pm After the emotional cramp that was Amazon Prime Video’s The Runner, where Gal Gadot played a woman sprinting across London in a dull, drab attempt to find her kidnapped son, I was hopeful Last Seen would hit all the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (818+ words) Brides of Christ is officially a middle-aged woman this month, the landmark miniseries having screened on the ABC over six scintillating and controversial weeks in 1991. Have mercy on me, O Lord, but I still think it might just be the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (193+ words) The nation’s ‘ghost signs’ like this one are celebrated in Hovis’ new ad campaign. British baker Hovis has announced the launch of its new Strength Baked In campaign, which includes taking the latest ad - which briefly aired first online last…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (64+ words) Brisbane Times September marks the start of the bumper Christmas season, when publishers release a huge crop of books from big names and small. Here are 18 of the many new titles out this month, with loads more to look forward…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (56+ words) The Mercury Vote now: Help us crown your South Aussie Book Week star The Book Week parades have been walked and now it’s time to decide who deserve best costume award. Meet your 50 finalists and vote now. All your news…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (960+ words) Extremely high-quality headphones, suited to both studio use via good passive isolation and relative accuracy, and to music listening, where they open up a mix to examination and appreciation, while the bass is tight and full but never swampy. Excellent…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (225+ words) August 28, 2026 — 11:00am Reading Rachel Cusk’s Life of M is a destabilising experience. The pages shadow you; the strange discomfort of their atmosphere lingers – as intended, surely, as most specifically intended. This is Cusk, after all, and her writing is no one’s…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (62+ words) Gold Coast Bulletin Liane Moriarty on her sequel to Big Little Lies Big Little Truths is the sequel to the global phenomenon from Australian best-seller Liane Moriarty. On Frances Whiting's Humankind podcast, she revealed why she wrote a sequel after…...