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With new titles being released by Philippa Snow, Olga Tokarczuk, Constance Debré and more, here are ten books to add to your reading list over the summer months

If I have paid a high price for a ticket to an evening show, screaming children are not part of the deal. It’s not fair to the other members of the audience or the performers.

Discover the literary delights at the Clunes Book Town Festival with talks by ABC's Jacinta Parsons and acclaimed authors like Helen Garner and Jane Clifton.

Arguably Australia’s most celebrated living author, Helen Garner has built a reputation as a fearless and unapologetic writer whose work has remained fresh and relevant for over 45 years. By Paul Mitchell

The instrument represents an alternative slice of guitar history, and was originally built as an audition to produce Vai’s signature model

Major $300,000 commission calling for artists, HOTA ArtKeeper returns, plus winners of Patrick White Literary Award and Artspace studio artists announced.

Paradise Estate is a good-humoured depiction of the travails of share-house living, with a political edge.

In our weekly interview about objects, the Play School legend shares an investing misadventure and a casserole dish that always delivers

They’re communal, public, relaxed, peopled by locals but welcoming to blow-ins. They must encourage conversations and social mixing. They’re places where you can just be.

Noni Hazlehurst reveals her thoughts on retiring and looks back on her better homes and playschool days.