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Maria Takolander’s The End of Romance follows a mother’s quest to save her son
The End of Romance creates a future that continues cycles of violence we know all too well.
Australian musicians hate AI using their songs, but have little legal protection
When it comes to AI, musicians are likely to find it much harder than authors to prove when a copyright…
Avatar: Forms of Vishnu at AGNSW offers a tonic for our times
Avatar: Forms of Vishnu at the Art Gallery of New South Wales presents 200 artworks spanning 1500 years.
Lyric essays are an antitoxin for a poisoned world
With lyric essays, readers must be willing to piece together disparate fragments: ideas, information and idiosyncrasies.
From cloning romance authors to YouTube piracy, AI is transforming audiobooks
Almost one in five Australian audiobook listeners have listened to an AI narrated audiobook.
Douglas Stuart reveals flashes of tenderness in his violent working‑class men
In John of John, Booker Prize-winner Douglas Stuart has returned to his territory and deepened it.
Richard Lewer wins 2026 Archibald Prize with portrait of Iluwanti Ken
Melbourne-based Lewer has been awarded the prestigious Archibald Prize for his portrait of senior artist and ngangkari (traditional healer) Iluwanti…
Craig Silvey has pleaded guilty to child exploitation – what do we do with his books?
Silvey is yet to be sentenced – but what we do with his books will be decided outside the court…
The artist population of Greater Sydney is shrinking – and becoming less culturally diverse
The artist population fell in all areas of Sydney. And a new survey suggests things are probably getting worse.
The Venice Biennale jury has resigned, proving art institutions can't remain apolitical
The Venice Biennale's latest woes mark the unravelling of a long-standing fiction: that art institutions can remain separate from politics.