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Tasmanian Writer Robbie Arnott's New Novel Limberlost Captures His Climate Anxiety and Passion for the Natural World,
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— Review of Limberlost 2022 single work novel ;'Tasmanian author Robbie Arnott spent idyllic childhood summers at his family's beach shack at the mouth of the Tamar River — kanamaluka — on the state's north coast.' (Introduction)
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The Best New Books Released in November as Selected by Avid Readers and Critics,
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— Review of Clarke 2022 single work novel ; Shirley Hazzard : A Writing Life 2022 single work biography ; Salonika Burning 2022 single work novel ; - Filmmaker Joanna Joy and Traditional Owners Bring to Life Judith Wright's Generations of Men, single work column
- Australian Actor Coral Browne Went from Humble Beginnings to a 1940s Hollywood Star, single work column
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Bluey Joins the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York for the First Time,
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'For the first time, Australian children's television favourite Bluey has helped Americans usher in the holiday season at New York's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.'
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ARIA Awards : Australian Music Industry Pays Tribute to Olivia Newton-John, Judith Durham and Archie Roach as Baker Boy Sweeps Awards,
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'The biggest players in the Australian music industry have gathered to celebrate all the best of the year that was, at the 2022 ARIA Awards.'
- Australian Women with Disabilities Break through Hollywood Film Industry Ranks, single work column
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The Jungle and the Sea, Follow-up to Counting and Cracking, Uses Theatre as a Safe Space to Discuss Sri Lankan Civil War,
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'When S. Shakthidharan first told his mum that he wanted to look into their family history, she quickly shut him down, telling him: "That is a very stupid idea."'
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Neighbours Is Coming Back! Here's What We Know about the Show's Return,
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'Bringing someone back from the dead is, arguably, one of the great soap opera plot twists.'
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The Compelling Mystery of the Wanji-wanji – the Enigmatic Hit Song That Travelled across Vast Distances in Space and Time,
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'A few years ago, Noongar musician Clint Bracknell heard one of the catchiest hooks ever.'
- 'We Can't Wait to See You Again' : Neighbours to Be Revived Months After Farewelling Viewers, single work column
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Poet Harry Donnelly and Artist Keith Blake's Inexplicable 'Connection',
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'Harry Donnelly and Keith Blake have known each other for four decades, but it's only in the past year their connection has reached a synchronous charm.'
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Indigenous Musician William Barton Named Queensland Australian of the Year 2023,
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'Musical prodigy William Barton has been named the 2023 Queensland Australian of the Year.'
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Statue of Australian Novelist Monica McInerney Unveiled in Clare Valley,
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'A statue of novelist Monica McInerney has been unveiled on the Riesling Trail in the Clare Valley.'
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Jane Harper, Bestselling Author of The Dry, on Exiles, Writing in a Pandemic and the Rural Noir Renaissance,
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'In Exiles, bestselling author Jane Harper's latest novel, detective Aaron Falk (first introduced to readers in 2016's The Dry) travels to South Australia's wine country where he engages in a little post-COVID reflection over a glass or two of red.' (Introduction)
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Tim Minchin Talks Comedy, the Dangerous Allure of Fame and Taking Control of His Career,
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'A year ago, Tim Minchin announced his intention "not to become an unbearable tool with a huge-tiny ego". He knows how dangerously intoxicating fame can be, how heady and addictive. "It's not that wankers become famous," he once said. "It's that fame makes you a wanker."' (Introduction)
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Sissy : Horror Movie from Australian Duo Is an Entertainingly Schlocky Parody of Influencer Culture,
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— Review of Sissy 2021 single work film/TV ;'Of all the terrible fads birthed by the millennial internet – pastel pink, GIF keyboards, the phrase "Netflix and chill" – the Instagram influencer at least makes for a campy archetype on screen. Her presence – and it is unfailingly a her – in film and TV signals the arrival of something unhinged: she is either a stalking victim, or, worse, a Francophile; often conniving and always a liar.'
