AustLit

'When I see a great film, I ask myself: does it deserve the full five stars? Usually I decide not. Today, however, the ­answer is easy. The New Boy, written, directed and filmed by Indigenous filmmaker Warwick Thornton, is a masterpiece.' (Introduction)   

'Run Rabbit Run, starring Sarah Snook, is a slow burn psychological thriller. It’s clear from the outset that a ­malevolent force is present. The question is who or what it is.'

'George Orwell’s first wife emerges vividly from Anna Funder’s new book, writes Geordie Williamson There have been seven biographies to date of George Orwell. All are solid, extensive, thoughtfully-researched works, writes Anna Funder, who has read them carefully. But there is a problem: all of them are written by men.' (Introduction)   

'OLD BOY By Georgia Tree Fremantle Press, Narrative Nonfiction 240pp, $29.99 Old Boy is a small book about the small life of a man who was once a small-time criminal. Its protagonist, Grant Tree, served a couple of short sentences in jail for minor offences. The book is written by his daughter, Georgia Tree, and it’s difficult to imagine anyone else who might believe that her father’s small story would be worthy of a book.' (Introduction)