Jack Callil
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Latest publication
- Oct 1, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Guardian Australia
- Top 1K sites
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- Aug 7, 2026
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The Long Cloud by Hector MacKenzie review â thereâs only so much depth to a himbo (opens the original)
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This wry debut about a male modelâs inner life, written in lowercase fragments, has tender insights but isnât as profound as it aims to be Should you care about a vape-loving, philandering male model who just goes with the flow because thatâs life? Yes, says The Long Cloud, the wry debut novel of New Zealand artist and photographer Hector MacKenzie. Is it convincing? Well, sort of. Xander, a 30-year-old former jock ageing out of the modelling industry and into an existential crisis, is a t
Now, Autonomy by Max Easton review â a sardonic yet compassionate take on millennial apathy (opens the original)
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The authorâs third novel to chronicle life in Sydneyâs west follows a group of flawed friends trying to sustain meaning amid an âerosion in the worldâ If any part of Australia can lay claim to being the countryâs literary nexus, it is western Sydney. The wide wing of suburbia is both home to and the subject of granular attention for an ever-growing list of acclaimed writers: Yumna Kassab, Peter Polites, Luke Carman, Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Felicity Castagna â to name just a few. Each
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