A reissue of the New Zealand author’s 1962 abstract classic of trans-oceanic passage and postcolonial melancholy Not far into The Edge of the Alphabet ( Fitzcarraldo), Janet Frame’s recently reissued ...

The first piece I ever played with my trio was Felix Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No. 1. Composed in the “serious” key of D minor, it opens with a sweeping cello melody accompanied by quietly agitated ...

This year’s Booker longlist includes Rachel Kushner’s sharply funny activist thriller and Percival Everett’s revisit of ‘Huckleberry Finn’ from the slave Jim’s perspective A slim volume of big ideas ...

The political lessons for Australia in the fiasco unfolding in the UK ...

Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winning take on a rags-to-riches story set in the sex industry, and Guan Hu’s energetic, heartfelt ...

The latest book from one of our most compelling writers finds her contemplating old age through the lens of a grandson’s ...

The season’s best criminal drama, comedy capers, horror and true crime viewing, from ‘I’ll Be Gone in the Dark’ to ‘Longlegs’ ...

Ukiyo-e prints at the NGA and a monumental video installation at the AGNSW provide rewards beyond gallery blockbusters ...

Role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons updates its rules – and its views on orcs’ inherent evil – to mark its 50th anniversary ...

The limited legalisation of psychedelic-assisted therapy permits it in medicalised and hospital settings, but will that work ...

During a week staying at the Whitlam family home in Cabramatta, a series of unexpected aquatic resonances emerge ...