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Thomas Vowles, author of Our New Gods. Image: UQP.

Our New Gods by Thomas Vowles review: a sexy queer debut novel set in Melbourne

Our New Gods moves what could have been a predictable coming-of-age story in an exciting new direction.

Your guide to the best new poetry in September 2025. Image: Meris on Unsplash.
Features

Best new poetry books September 2025

Discover the best new poetry collections published in 2025 with this guide.

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Features

Best new non-fiction books September 2025

Your guide to the best new non-fiction published in September 2025.

A woman reading surrounded by a library. Best new fiction in Australia, September 2025.
Features

Best new fiction books September 2025

Your guide to the best new fiction published in September 2025.

Steven Pinker, a 70-year-old Caucasian man with curly gray hair, a stern face, wearing a navy suit.
News

Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind Works, announces first Australian tour in 2026

An Evening With Steven Pinker will dive into Steven Pinker's latest book on the hidden power of common knowledge.

ANAM students performing at Abbotsford Convent. The atmospheric photograph, taken in a historic venue with picturesque windows and a stage visible in the background, shows a seated audience listening to a group of six musicians, including strings, woodwind and a piano; one of the students stands behind a computer screen, suggesting the presence of electronics in the score being performed.
Features

Ghosts of Abbotsford Convent exorcised by poetic and musical collaboration

Poet Nam Le and former ANAM resident artist, pianist Anna Goldsworthy, join ANAM students to explore the Convent’s ‘fraught history’.

New words for a new world. Image: Yura Timoshenko on Unsplash.
Analysis

Skibidi, work-spouse, mouse-jiggler: what Cambridge Dictionary's new words tell us

Cambridge Dictionary has added 6,000 new words – but what do they tell us about cultural changes?

Best new books September 2025. Image: Stephanie Renee Cluff on Unsplash.
Features

Best new books September 2025

Discover the best new books to read in September with this guide.

Fallout from the Bendigo Writers Festival continues. Image: Kristina Flour on Unsplash.
Opinions & Analysis

Bendigo Writers Festival: when risk management becomes censorship

The unfortunate situation at Bendigo Writers Festival over the weekend is yet another example of cultural leadership failure.

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Arborescence review: Rhett Davis' novel takes 'tree change' to a new level

Arborescence is speculative fiction at its best: an end-of-world story that offers green leaves of hope.

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