Books

(courtesy Penguin Books Australia) If you have ever had an existentially restless moment in your life, and who of course hasn’t (whether we consciously acknowledge it or not), and wondered where it is that you truly belong, you will find with which to deeply identify in Diana Evans’ beautiful novel, Continue Reading

(courtesy Penguin Books Australia) Falling out with someone you are close to is never, ever pleasant. In fact, it’s downright traumatising, made especially more so if there’s no chance for any sort of resolution or closure – hopefully of the positive variety but this is life in all its chaotic Continue Reading

(courtesy Pan Macmillan Australia) One of the reasons that franchises like Star Wars have done so well is that they tap into an inherent need we all have for life to feel epic and adventurous. To be fair, it very rarely is with commuting, bill paying and other day-to-day detritus Continue Reading

(courtesy Penguin Books Australia) Life is supposed to be something wonderful, alive, free, giddily good and delightfully joyous right? Add it to anything and it immediately adds buoyancy and zest to proceedings, a sunshiney vibrancy that stands as a direct counterpoint to death, pain, loss and fossilisation of personality and Continue Reading

(courtesy Penguins Books Australia) If you’ve left for anything beyond a sliver of a slice of time, you will be well acquainted, often painfully so, with the fact that life is messy, chaotic, unruly beast. It doesn’t meekly slot into the round holes we assign it nor does it compliantly Continue Reading

(courtesy IMP Awards) In our grim present day, it’s near-to-impossible to find anyone who thinks the future might be sunny and bright and that humanity, with its collective back against the wall, might find a way out of certain doom to somewhere sustainable and good for, not just us, but Continue Reading

(courtesy Pan Macmillan Australia) Can something that starts out as flirtatious and diversionary become something far more meaningful? If you believe romantic comedies, whatever the medium, and we want to, we really want to otherwise why watch or read them as obsessively as we do, the answer is most definitively Continue Reading

(courtesy Pan Macmillan Australia) The age we live is in many ways not a happy one. Beset by war, climate change, microbial resistance, the rise of fascistic government and a host of other ailments, people feel beleaguered and exhausted and pessimistic about whether there are any ready solutions to any Continue Reading