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Accor? Do you mean the Olympic Stadium at Homebush?
Maintaining an old name, when we’ve been instructed to use a new one, is a form of resistance.
- by Richard Glover
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Hauntingly beautiful, Isaac Julien’s installation at the MCA is a must-see
The extraordinary black-and-white five-screen film installation is unexpectedly healing.
- by Cherine Fahd
From bogan to susso, the 100 words that define Australia
From hoon to halal snack pack, this book records the unique, sacrosanct, larrikin, evolving dialect we share.
- by David Astle
‘We are pretty awesome’: Meet indie rock’s new supergroup
The Hard Quartet, featuring Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus and Dirty Three’s Jim White, are coming to Australia.
- by Barry Divola
Like Jane Austen, this novel examines morality, but its dilemmas become derangement
The moral dilemmas facing his protagonist are hardly dilemmas at all.
- by Emily Bitto
Did this author just reinvent noir? And will it win her the Booker?
Rachel Kushner’s intellectual thriller Creation Lake stays one step ahead of the reader.
- by Vanessa Francesca
‘We’re still working out if we’re joking’: Behind the deadpan glory of Australia’s best pop band
With their new album 3am (La La La), Confidence Man – goofy exponents of rave excess – look to go legit (sort of).
- by Robert Moran
To hanky or not to hanky? There is no question
You can do almost anything with a handkerchief and a positive attitude.
- by David Barrett
Ella Purnell channels female rage in this dark serial-killer comedy
Purnell plays a woman who takes matters – and splatters – into her own hands after years of being overlooked.
- by Kylie Northover
Crikey! Tracing Aussie history in 100 words, and other new releases
Our reviewers cast their eyes over new fiction and non-fiction releases.
- by Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll
It’s interesting how much time you spend not being a musician: G Flip
Melbourne Fashion Week’s ambassador is the role model they never had.
- by Michael Dwyer