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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....

Make the most of Melbourne Writers Festival

WHAT'S ON | DONATE BECOME A MEMBER   Exclusive ticket bundles for State Library lovers Immerse yourself in a thrilling exploration of ambition as Melbourne Writers Festival takes over the...

THE FINAL STAGE – Adrian Rawlins review of what he called “My lost masterpiece”.

It started out like a normal day for the man of the house. He had breakfast with his wife. She was no warmer or...

WEEKENDS & HOBBIES & ROAST DINNERS

I was asked a few questions recently by a new friend that really had me thinking. Scrambling for answers actually, and aware of the...

A WALK IN THE RAIN

He aged within the silences of our stilted conversation. His eyes were those of a man who’d seen his kingdoms fall and the survival...

BIRTHDAYS

I don’t look in the mirror anymore because it always startles me when I don’t recall the face. This year I had the most solitary...

THAT’S HOW IT ENDS

She died in my arms Not a word was said In silence we rose And got out of our bed Her eyes would flash I knew them too well Every...

THIS PRISON HAS NO BARS

From the mansions of sadness To the bums on the street From the highways of loneliness To the halls of defeat I’ve watched your ascendance The road I never...

Book Review: A Greater God by Brian Stoddart

  About A Greater God (Superintendent Le Fanu Mysteries Book 4) Muslims are being murdered and communal tensions escalating as Superintendent Chris Le Fanu returns, reluctantly,...
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