Non-Fiction
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Between the covers: what to read this month
Are you in need of literary balm and distraction?
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Book review: Puff Piece, John Safran
Captain Sarcasmo digs deep into the murky world of big tobacco and the future of smoking.
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The Novel Cure: How books can soothe what ails you
Reading can be a safe harbour and a good self-care remedy in these anxious times.
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Book review: Two Afternoons in the Kabul Stadium, Tim Bonyhady
A visual history of 20th-century Afghanistan.
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Hobart’s biennial literary festival returns
A (non-online) literary festival for all: adults, YA and kids.
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Book review: Muddy People, Sara El Sayed, Black Inc
An intricate memoir that traverses the muddy divides between child and adult, tradition and change, self and other and identity…
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So you want my arts job: Freelance arts writer and editor
Doug Wallen's ability to write across multiple forms allows him the freedom to be published in many outlets.
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Book review: The Breakup Monologues, Rosie Wilby, Bloomsbury
The 'queen' of breakups canvasses some unexpected joys in the aftermath of relationship failure.
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Book Review: Roots - Home is who we are, Hardie Grant
A collection of short memoirs chosen from the inaugural SBS Emerging Writers’ Competition.
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Book review: The Advocates, Robyn Gulliver and Jill L. Ferguson, Melbourne University Press
Canvassing the stories of women at the frontline of environmental action.