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December, 2023
Nathan Fielder directs and co-stars in an erratic comedy about the performative benevolence of a couple creating a social housing reality TV show
December, 2023
Richard Flanagan's ‘Question 7’
A slim volume of big ideas that takes in H.G. Wells, chain reaction, Hiroshima and the author’s near-death experience on the Franklin River
November, 2023
Christos Tsiolkas’s ‘The In-Between’
The latest from the acclaimed Australian author throws scorn at those who claim virtue and the complete control of their desires
November, 2023
M. John Harrison’s ‘Wish I Was Here’
The uncategorisable English author delivers an ‘anti-memoir’ meditating on the profound relationships between memory, imagination and fiction
April, 2023
Pip Williams’ ‘The Bookbinder of Jericho’
The Australian author’s second novel returns to World War One England to consider the significance of meaningful work for women
April, 2023
Rebecca Makkai’s ‘I Have Some Questions for You’
In this sharp campus novel about memory and abuse, a woman returns to the boarding school where her friend was murdered
March, 2023
Eleanor Catton’s ‘Birnam Wood’
The Booker winner’s new novel is a satirical romp taking on human frailty, and both action and inaction in the face of ecological collapse
March, 2023
Rian Johnson’s throwback to easygoing episodic crime drama is a joyously unbingeable vehicle for Natasha Lyonne
February, 2023
Emily Bootle’s ‘This Is Not Who I Am’
The British writer explores the debilitating effects of our culture’s insistence on the performance of authenticity
February, 2023
The Duke of Sussex’s blockbuster memoir surprises with its mastery of self-portraiture, and of payback