Reviews
Book review: Fighting for our Lives by Nick Cook
In the early 1980s, a then unknown virus, later identified as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), began to infect people…
Book review: Elephants with Headlights by Bem Le Hunte
Le Hunte uses the characters of two young people to explore cultural differences.
Book review: Coniston by Michael Bradley
What could be Australia’s last and least known genocide is laid bare in Coniston, which occurred just more than 100…
Book review: Aftershocks by Anthony Macris
Aftershocks is Macris’ selected interviews, essays and criticism as he asks, what comes after postmodernism in art?
Book review: Stone Sky Gold Mountain by Mirandi Riwoe
Mirandi Riwoe’s second novel triumphantly recreates Australian history through Asian eyes.
Book review: Little One by Peter Papathanasiou
Papathanasiou throws light on what it means to be a member of a family.
Review: 2020 Biennale of Sydney (NSW)
Was it the First Nations biennale we needed? We take a look at how this exhibition forces viewers to navigate…
Review: Attila, Opera Australia, Sydney Opera House (NSW)
Far from static, this grand Verdi opera is full of revenge, massive sets, feuding, and is brought to life with…
Review: Saigon, Arts Centre Melbourne/Asia TOPA (VIC)
Saigon captures the way in which the diaspora is obsessed with its grief and dispossessed of its past.
Review: To Kill a Cassowary, JUTE Theatre Company (QLD)
Set in Far North Queensland, this comedy written by Laurie Trott was the perfect play to open the Bulmba-ja Arts…