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Australian literature has long been ‘hijacked by activists’. This has made it richer. Let’s not go backwards

Seeking to dismiss a judge for being passionate about a cause pertaining to the safety and liberation of her people reeks of a desperation to silence a critical voice

The Guardian - AU · May 8, 2024

'Hurtful and divisive' gay book ban could cost council

Funding for a Sydney council is under threat over its decision to ban books on same-sex parenting as politicians blast the move.

AAP · May 8, 2024

Going gluten-free could fight bookworms

How chemists are fighting museums' hungry enemies by going gluten-free

Salon · May 7, 2024

Sydney council bans same-sex parenting books from libraries for ‘safety of our children’

Local MP is concerned move breaches Anti-Discrimination Act while NSW arts minister accuses council of ‘censorship’

The Guardian - AU · May 7, 2024

Near-Life Experience by Rowland Bagnall review – the time traveller’s life

The British poet’s second collection is an exacting examination of the past, the present and an uncertain future

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2024

The Quality of Love by Ariane Bankes review – delicious portrait of the Paget twins

This evocative account of the author’s mother and aunt – identical twin sisters who stole the hearts of London’s 1930s intelligentsia – captures their closeness and lust for life

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2024

All hail the power of concrete architecture

‘Concrete Architecture’ surveys more than a century’s worth of the world’s most influential buildings using the material, from brutalist memorials to sculptural apartment blocks

Wallpaper · May 7, 2024

Noem cries "fake news" over interview

It's not clear what exactly the Republican governor thought would happen after she wrote about shooting her dog

Salon · May 6, 2024

This literary sci-fi odyssey should be Netflix’s next big-budget adaptation

Kim Stanley Robinson's epic Mars Trilogy is the perfect source material for the next great sci-fi show.

Tom’s Guide · May 6, 2024

‘It’s not that I’m against story. I like films with stories’: Pat Collins on directing a tale without a plot

That They May Face the Rising Sun, about a small rural community in Ireland, has little obvious drama. The director explains how that is exactly what’s winning it awards

The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2024