Plan your reading in advance with our guide to new books published in Australia in August 2025. Have we missed some best books? Publishers, please send your advance book lists, in any genre, to our ...

Liu isn’t surprised to see mahjong on the rise, because she was raised around the game and knows its pleasures, but she has ...

Kevin Ayers co-founded Soft Machine, influenced Bowie, shared acid trips and girlfriends with Hendrix, and knew Syd Barrett better than most ...

Theatregoers can spend the day with Spot, Steve the Monkey, Tom the Crocodile, Helen the Hippo and Sally and Sam, Spot’s parents as they prepare for the best birthday party ever. Visit ...