Australia

The Innocent Reader by Debra Adelaide
Debra Adelaide’s collected essays offer forthright insight on living alongside books.

Briefs: Close Encounters, Arts Centre Melbourne (VIC)
The beloved Briefs boys are back with ribald humour, athletic prowess and all-round charming antics.

Dry Milk by Huo Yan
Huo Yan’s atmospheric novella focuses on international communities and misanthropic loneliness.

Alice in the Antipathies, Cairns Performing Arts Centre (QLD)
A journey across cultures and down the rabbit hole.

The Godmother by Hannelore Cayre
A refreshing novel for its focus on a middle-aged female protagonist and her ongoing hustle.

Fragments, The Street Theatre (ACT)
Eight interconnected stories by Maura Pierlot explore neurodiversity, gender identity, family and belonging.

Making a Museum of Happiness
In a world of political polarisation, environmental emergency and inequality, can museums become centres that improve mental health? Tony Butler…

Winners of the 2019 PM's Literary Awards announced
This year's Prime Minister's Literary Awards include the tale of an Australian artists' community in Greece and a study of…

Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson: Step Into Paradise, Powerhouse Museum (NSW)
A great Australian story told through fashion that is a call for us to question our individual sense of identity…

Jane Eyre, QPAC (QLD)
Stage adaptation of the classic novel resonates in today’s world with its focus on love, freedom, and social conditioning.