Books
Arts & Culture
After 50 years, why Stephen King is still relevant
Carrie, Pennywise and other Stephen King horrors endure because his stories are grounded in an authentic depiction of suburbia
Health & Medicine
Dental care and healthcare are the same thing
A new book on the history of dental health in Victoria calls for a greater focus on prevention and more government-funded dental services
Arts & Culture
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Why children’s stories are full of orphans, evil stepmothers and boarding schools
While ideas of family are changing, from Charles Dickens to Harry Potter, absent parents endure in children’s literature
Arts & Culture
Homicide on Hydra
A new book explores the more-or-less forgotten crime novels of one of Australia’s most successful authors, George Johnston
Arts & Culture
Zanuckville: Australia’s strangest suburb?
In the 1950s, the Hollywood Western came to Australia, but the cast and crew needed somewhere to stay. The South Australian government came up with ‘Zanuckville’
Politics & Society
I guess she won’t be writing the memoir
Defamation laws are having a chilling effect on non-fiction so those keen to get behind a story like Depp v Heard are likely to be left wanting
Arts & Culture
Measuring diversity in Australian publishing
Diversity in publishing workplaces is good for our books, but exactly how diverse is our publishing industry?
Sciences & Technology
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Island encounters
A new book explores the history and culture of Timor-Leste from the outside in, weaving together the past, present and future of an island divided by colonialism and conflict
Arts & Culture
How literature helps us interpret the human face
New research looks at how the human face is represented in writing from the medieval to contemporary eras, revealing how we have interpreted human emotion for centuries
Arts & Culture
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Shakespeare and lost plays
A new book explores the hundreds of plays known to Shakespeare’s original audiences that are now lost to us, and their value to early modern drama