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Book review: The Name of the Sister, Gail Jones

Gail Jones' latest novel is a mesh of literary and crime genres.

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Book review: One Hundred Years of Betty, Debra Oswald

What life lessons has Betty learned after living for a century?

Arts and humanities courses are being reduced around the country. Image: macancy on Unsplash.
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Australian arts and humanities education is being slashed everywhere – what's at stake?

From staff redundancies to course closures, arts and humanities education in Australia is undergoing significant structural change.

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Book review: Of Monsters and Mainframes, Barbara Truelove

A brilliantly queer and imaginative blending of sci-fi and fantastical monsters.

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Opera review: Samson & Delilah, Palais Theatre

Engaging musical performance meets middling narrative delivery in this traditional interpretation of an ancient story.

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Exhibition review: Elizabeth Colbert, Objective Abstraction group exhibition, Tacit Gallery

Tacit’s final exhibition is brilliant yet bittersweet.

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Music review: Beth Gibbons, RISING, Hamer Hall

The celestial vocal stylings of Portishead's lead singer shone in a concert drawn from her first solo album.

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Dance review: Ballet Preljocaj: Swan Lake, Lyric Theatre, QPAC

Ballet Preljocaj’s 'Swan Lake' offers a radical reimagining of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece in a finely crafted, beautifully delivered production.    

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Thinking about entering an art prize? Just go for it!

The Hornsby Art Prize competition is open now for artists working in painting, drawing, printmaking, photography and sculpture.

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Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics

We report it – you read it. This week: Queensland literary judges resign, David Attenborough at 99, ‘Vandemonian Lags’ reviewed…

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