Tag: Fiction
Ghoulishness, depravity and stupidity: welcome to the world of Ottessa Moshfegh’s Lapvona
Image: The Triumph of Death - Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c.1592). Public domain
Whether taken as a good or bad quality, Ottessa Moshfegh’s Lapvona is a confounding novel....
Alex Cameron announces Australia & New Zealand headline shows – November/December 2022
ALEX CAMERON ANNOUNCES AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND HEADLINE SHOWS – NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2022
First AU/NZ live shows since March 2020, which saw venues sell out in...
Book Week: it’s not the costume that matters, but falling in love with reading
Image: Victoria_Borodinova from Pixabay
My phone pings and it’s a message from my brother. Do we have an old white dress my niece could borrow...
Sunday essay: sex, swimming and smudgy louvres – watching Monkey Grip 40 years on
Image: An early poster for Monkey Grip, starring Noni Hazelhurst and Colin Friels. MIFF
The woman’s name is Nora, and she’s getting out of the pool...
Jennifer Down wins the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary Award with Bodies of Light, a shattering novel of loneliness and heartbreak
Image: Jennifer Down. Photo: Monique Ferguson
Jennifer Down’s Bodies of Light is a shattering novel, one that breaks and then rebuilds its readers. It has won the 2022...
Noir and nostalgia inform Chris Womersley’s tale of forgery, grief, and the seamy side of urban life
Image: Kevin Laminto/Unsplash
Before prospective readers can get to the opening chapter of Chris Womersley’s new novel The Diplomat, they will find themselves assailed with several...