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Book review: Never Ever Forever by Karina May
(courtesy Pan Macmillan Australia) Falling in love is really quite delightful. Stating the obvious there I know, but sometimes when you dive into a rom-com that’s not exactly humming along on all rose-petal fueled cylinders, you could be forgiven for wondering if it’s worth all of the misassumptions, toing-and-froing and Continue Reading
The silly and the serious, the cartoonish and the evil: Doctor Who drops new S2/S15 trailer
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOT… [Doctor Who] audiences will join The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu) on an epic quest to get Belinda back to Earth. But a mysterious force is stopping their return and the time-traveling TARDIS team must face great dangers, ferocious enemies and wilder terrors Continue Reading
“If we want to save this world, creativity is key to survival” A Minecraft Movie unleashes a final fun-filled trailer
(courtesy IMP Awards) Welcome to the world of Minecraft – where creativity doesn’t just help you craft, it’s essential to one’s survival! Four misfits—Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (Momoa), Henry (Hansen), Natalie (Myers) and Dawn (Brooks)—find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal Continue Reading
Book review: Extinction by Bradley Somer
(courtesy Harper Collins Australia) How far would you go to protect something you truly and deeply love? It’s an academic question for most of us, but for Ben, the protagonist of Bradley Somer’s Extinction, it’s a real and pressing question that could him relationships, friendships, any sense of wellbeing left Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #121: Jamie xx, MØ, Kesha, Lady Gaga and Rae Morris + Eurovision 2025 update
(via Shutterstock) So much good music, and it seems often, so little time to listen to it all. Thankfully thought in a world awash with artists and songs, some do make it through all the digital white noise and make themselves first known and then welcome, enriching commutes, workdays or Continue Reading
Match of the Day meets Miss Marple: Thoughts on Changing Ends
(courtesy IMDb) Growing up is a challenge at the best of times. But it’s made infinitely more complicated when you don’t exactly fit the very narrow mold of acceptability that society has laid down and you discover in the midst of all the chaos of getting older, that you’re not Continue Reading
“We’re in a war… you want to fight, or you want to win?” Andor drops trailer for its much-awaited second season
(courtesy IMP Awards) While Season 1 followed Cassian’s reluctant journey from cynical nobody to revolutionary volunteer, the long-awaited conclusion in Andor Season 2 will see the characters and their relationships intensify as the horizon of war draws near and Cassian becomes a key player in the Rebel Alliance. Everyone will Continue Reading
Book review: Life Hacks for a Little Alien by Alice Franklin
(courtesy Hachette Australia) If you are someone who grew up never quite fitting into the mainstream and feeling distinctly out of place in a world you couldn’t quite figure out, then Alice Franklin’s delightfully thoughtful, Life Hacks for a Little Alien, might be just the read for you. The story Continue Reading
UPCOMING READS … Are you ready for the Best Summer Ever by Heidi Swain
(courtesy Simon & Schuster Australia) SNAPSHOTSummer is in full swing when Daisy drives back into Wynmouth in her almost-clapped-out car, having left both her most recent job and the man her parents thought she was going to marry. Coming home could be just what she needs to move her life Continue Reading