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A image of different shapes and blurry movement where one can barely make out the silhouettes of three people against a bright white background.
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Event review: Diagrammatica, RISING, Slot 9

Discover the underbelly of Federation Square where you become part of the composition.

Two panels. On left is a young woman with brown hair and black top. On the right is cover of a book, 'Wait for me'. It features a colourful illustration of two women.
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Book review: Wait Here, Lucy Nelson

A collection of stories exploring the topic of childlessness.

Two panels. On the left is an Asian woman with short hair and glasses wearing a black top. On the right is the cover of a book, 'Joss: A History." It's cream with some faint fingerprints on the ediges.
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Book review: Joss: A History, Grace Yee

Yee's book pays tribute to early Chinese settlers in Australia and New Zealand.

Two panels. On the left is a woman in black with blonde hair. On the right is cover of a book 'Foreign Country' which shows a flora illustration and a small upside car mid-air.
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Book review: Foreign Country, Marija Peričić  

Marija Peričić delivers a superlative third novel.

A living room scene. There is a man standing up looking at a woman seated on a brown couch.
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Theatre review: Rhinestone Rex and Miss Monica, Bille Brown Theatre, Queensland

David Williamson's 'opposites attract' romantic comedy offers plenty of laughs and drama. 

Two panels. On the left is a woman with light brown shoulder-length hair in a black top. On the right is the cover of a book, 'A beautifiul family', which has a coastal sea setting.
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Book review: A Beautiful Family, Jennifer Trevelyan

Written from a child's point of view, this debut canvases our protagonist's confusion as she tries to make sense of…

Two panels. On left is black and white photo of a woman with long dark hair. On the right is cover of a book, 'In the Name of the Sister" with an illustration of an orange ibis.
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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.

Two panels. On the left is a woman with curly blonde hair, wearing a pale peach top. On the right is the cover of a book, 'One Hundred years of Betty', which ihas a woman in the centre, with radiating spokes of colours in shades of blue, tan, orange.
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Book review: One Hundred Years of Betty, Debra Oswald

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

Two panels. On the left is a young woman with light brown hair smiling. On the right is the cover of a book, 'Of Monsters and Mainframes", which shows a colourful illustration of a spaceship, plumes of smoke and a large open mouth with fangs.
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Book review: Of Monsters and Mainframes, Barbara Truelove

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

Large stage scene of 'Samson & Delilah'. In the centre are figures wearing gold costumes. They are surrounded by cast in black.
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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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