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Poetry
On the fear of poetry - and the bounty we are denying our children
Rather than treating poetry as optional added extra at school, it should be central to the subject of English.
- by Gabrielle Carey
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Singing with gusto from a gently irate feminist song sheet
Meg Bignell celebrates the benefits to be had from singing in a choir.
- by Jessie Tu
‘Wine helps’: Top crime writers share their secrets for a bestseller
What prompts thriller authors to start their books? BAD Sydney’s online festival asked five about their latest books.
- by Jane Sullivan
What to read: ‘Bizarre’ animal tours and why you should walk in winter
Of Marsupials and Men and 52 Ways to Walk lead our wrap of new book reviews.
- by Lucy Sussex and Steven Carroll
Reds versus whites brings four years of horror to Russia
The Russian Revolution unleashed a period of civil war distinguished by its ferocity and terror.
- by Ian Cummins
Yassmin Abdel-Magied reckons with her psychic wounds in new essays
The Australian writer quit the country after concerted attacks on her views. Now she reflects on that and other matters in Talking About a Revolution.
- by Declan Fry
Yearning from afar for a broken country
Zaheda Ghani’s novel is about the emotional pull a homeland holds over refugees.
- by Vanessa Francesca
From prison to Prisoner: the heartbreaking life of a girl sent mad
More than 20 years after she died, Sandra Willson’s memoir of her long imprisonment has been published.
- by Jenna Price
Author of Where the Crawdads Sing wanted for questioning over murder in Zambia
In a plot twist no one saw coming, award-winning author Delia Owens is currently wanted for questioning over a 1995 murder case.
- by Thomas Mitchell
Final martinis to farewell literary giant Frank Moorhouse
The State Library hosted last drinks on Wednesday in honour of author Frank Moorhouse, who died last month aged 83.
- by Helen Pitt
Cinema’s big mystery: Who killed the man who made the first ever film?
Paul Fischer’s book investigates the mysterious death of film pioneer Louis Le Prince.
- by Tom Ryan