Sophie Cousins’ book Renewal: Five Paths to a Fairer Australia is, in many respects, a proposal. For Cousins, the COVID-19 pandemic has provided Australians with an opportunity to reconsider the ways our society currently functions. …

As a long-time fan of the genre, I am not one to degrade the romantic comedy for its silliness. I am here for all the tropes. The will-they-won’t-they plot line, the enemies to friends to lovers, the wedding date, even the overdone New York City setting. They’re tried-and-true. The Hating…

June Again premiered at Classic Cinemas in Elsternwick this Monday night to a packed house. The Screen Australia backed film is the first feature for director JJ Winlove, whose casting choices prove even more impressive considering his status as a newcomer. Noni Hazelhurst is June, the family matriarch currently residing…

Seven Fallen Feathers was released in Canada in 2017 but has found a recent release in Australia via Scribe Publications. Its release is particularly timely considering news of the present day. In recent months, unmarked burial sites have been uncovered throughout former residential schools in Canada. The remains of 215…

Margaret Qualley (Once Upon A Time in Hollywood) holds her own in Maid — a Netflix adaptation of Stephanie Land’s bestselling memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive. …

Sky News Australia frequently makes its way into my YouTube recommendations. I can’t begrudge the algorithm for this one — last year I studied right-wing news media and consumed a lot of this content. Alas, the algorithm confuses this viewing habit for genuine interest in what Sky has to offer. …

On Sunday evening, ‘Hir’ directed by Daniel Clarke played at Red Stitch Actors Theatre in St. Kilda East. There was a great turn out for the second night of the show, which sees a performance of Taylor Mac’s original play in association with Midsumma Festival. …

Louis Theroux’s latest documentary is a harrowing and fleetingly hopeful one. Heroin Town chronicles widespread opioid addiction in Huntington, West Virginia, a city of 49, 000. Heroin Town is one of a three-part series called Dark States, Theroux’s foray into the dark underbelly of the U.S. …

This article was originally published for ‘The Gazette’ alongside the Emerging Writer’s Festival. While ‘young adult’ in my mind includes me, a twenty-three-year-old woman, in the vein of literary fiction this definition is more suited to teendom. Can I still consume it in the same manner as when I go…