Reviews
Book review: Rise and Shine by Patrick Allington
Patrick Allington conjures a bizarre world in which almost everyone on earth has perished.
Review: Discover by Musica Viva
As a response to the Covid-19 lockdown, Musica Viva is presenting an online concert program, the Discover series. The first…
Book review: The Fogging by Luke Horton
The portrayal of tension is spot on in this book, of particular note is Horton’s rendering of the insidious impacts…
Book review: The Road – Uprising in West Papua by John Martinkus
Martinkus asserts that the Indonesian government extracts wealth from West Papua with scant regard for the local people.
Book review: The Weekend by Charlotte Wood
Wood's The Weekend confronts prejudices about old age and shows there is much more ahead for the author and her…
Book review: Ghost Species by James Bradley
In his latest novel, James Bradley asks what it is to be human by resurrecting Neanderthals in a collapsing world.
Review: Cavatina by the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
An intimate recital of early classical works from the Melbourne Digital Concert Hall.
Book review: Money for Something by Mia Walsch
A walk on the dark side of one young woman’s psychological struggle.
Book review: The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott
Robbie Arnott paints an evocative landscape of blues and greens in this enigmatic fable of nature’s relationship to mankind.
Book review: The Rules of Contagion by Adam Kucharski
Kucharski makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the current pandemic.