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Catch up on a classic over Christmas
Looking for something to read? Forget the new releases and delve into a past gem.
Martin Shaw recommends Steven Amsterdam
We talk a lot about contemporary Australian writing, but seldom do we look back any further than the 3-12 month window that the publishing industry typically revolves around. So what are already the modern classics of Australian Literature?
For my money, one of them is Steven Amsterdam’s first novel from 2009, Things We Didn’t See Coming.
From the splendid…
Our favourite (and worst) Christmas songs
Our staff share their favourite – and sometimes their least favourite – songs on the radio at Christmas time.
I love really old carols that lean more towards the amusingly dramatic than the soppy – ‘God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen’, ‘We Three Kings’ and so on. I’m not sure why, I think perhaps they feel more festive than songs like ‘Grown-Up Christmas List’, which is like nails careening down a blackboard for me. Or maybe it is because they lend…
Our favourite (and worst) Christmas films
Our staff share their favourite – and sometimes their least favourite – films for Christmas time.
My all-time favourite Christmas movies are Home Alone and While You Were Sleeping. But over the past few years I started a new tradition for myself of watching super cheesy Hallmark Christmas movies (Hallmark releases a new batch every Christmas). So far this holiday season I’ve enjoyed Christmas Under Wraps (a big-city doctor moves to a small town and learns to appreciate Christmas)…
Our favourite (and worst) Christmas recipes
Our staff share their favourite – and sometimes their least favourite – recipes for Christmas time.
Christmas is an excuse to combine dairy and liquor at any and every opportunity. Eggnog. Cheese and wine. And the best of them all: brandy butter. Cream together unsalted butter, icing sugar and brandy. I don’t measure anything because it leaves me with an excellent excuse to eat at least half of it along the way while I check the balance of ingredients.
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Our Christmas opening hours
Here are our Christmas trading hours.
Christmas Eve: 8am – 8pm
Christmas Day: Closed
Boxing Day: 10am – 9pm
New Year’s Eve: 9am – 9pm
New Year’s Day: 10am – 9pm
Christmas Eve: 8am – 6pm
Christmas Day: Closed
Boxing Day: 10am – 5pm
New Year’s Eve: 8am – 8pm
New Year’s Day: Closed
Christmas Eve: 10am – 6pm
Christmas Day: Closed
Boxing Day: 10am – 9pm
New Year’s Eve: 10am – 5pm
New Year’s Day:…
Our top ten bestsellers of the week
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
Plenty More by Yotam Ottolenghi
The Wit of Whitlam by James Carleton
We are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
The Bush: Travels in the Heart of Australia by Don Watson
Amnesia by Peter Carey
The Book of Paul: The Wit and Wisdom of Paul Keating by Russell Marks
Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s ‘Learned’ by Lena Dunham
Behind the scenes at Christmas
Here’s a sneak peek at our staff hard at work this Christmas season.
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Our thoughts on the final episode of Serial
The final episode of the phenomenally popular Serial podcast has aired. We ask our staff where it’s left them.
Nina Kenwood is 65% sure Adnan did it
From the very beginning, I loved Serial. After the first few episodes had aired I began pushing it on people mercilessly. I have several friends I think are deliberately not listening to it because I mentioned it to them too many times. I went all-in on it – I read a lot of…
What we're reading: John Jeremiah Sullivan, Nina Stibbe and Meghan Daum
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films we’re watching, the television shows we’re hooked on or the music we’re loving.
Nina Kenwood is listening to Hozier and readings lots of books
This week, I discovered Irish musician Hozier, and I’ve pretty much had his songs ‘Take Me To Church’ and ‘From Eden’ on non-stop repeat ever since. I highly recommend you take a listen.
In regards to reading, I recently read Meghan Daum’s…
Comics & graphic novels we loved in 2014
Our staff share some of their favourite comics and graphic novels from the past year.
Bronte Coates, Digital Content Coordinator
The last two years I’ve had clear winners for my favourite comic of the year. In 2012, I was blown away by Chris Ware’s Building Stories and in 2013 I fell in love with Marion Fayolle’s In Pieces. But this year, the water’s a lot murkier – in a good way!
I thought Box Brown’s biography of Andre…
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