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A serial killer blames his ‘monstrous’ mother – but misogyny is the real culprit

Mandy Beaumont’s new novel, The Thrill of It, takes us inside a killer’s mind.

13.03.2025 10

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Kevin John Brophy

In her charming ‘nanna’s book about footy’, Helen Garner writes with candour, vigilance and insight

There are a number of good reasons you might want to read this little “nanna’s book about footy” from Helen Garner over the summer. Maybe you are...

27.11.2024 4

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‘Let go dad, I’m gone’: a father charts the anguish of losing a son too young

Death comes at us, unswerving, immense, pressing on us its only gift, infinite absence. Mostly we face away from it. Too often we are faintly...

27.08.2024 2

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Kevin John Brophy