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- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Sep 24, 2026
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- Jul 8, 2026
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Sun, sand and headphones: new show extols ocean's healing power (opens the original)
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In the pre-dawn half-light, people sit in chairs and on picnic blankets on the sand of Dixon Park beach in the coastal city of Newcastle. Wearing headphones and gazing at the ocean, they are there for Sea Stories, an immersive aural work created by Melbourne theatre-maker Roslyn Oades for Newcastle's New Annual festival. Each morning during the week-long festival, this communal listening experience unfolds as the sun slowly rises above the horizon. "Everyone is watching the ocean … listening to
As Animalia turns 40, its author reflects on its extraordinary success (opens the original)
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In 1986, Graeme Base was a 28-year-old illustrator who had published one picture book, My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch, and was about to publish another. His sophomore effort was an alliterative alphabet book lavishly illustrated in his baroque style, titled Animalia. Whether the world needed another A-B-C book was debatable, but his publisher, Bob Sessions, was willing to take a punt. The first hint of the phenomenal success the book would garner — coming in at number five on the New York Times
Quiz: Do you know which book kicked off the outback noir craze? (opens the original)
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In recent years, Australian readers have developed an insatiable appetite for crime fiction. Stories set in the gritty backstreets of the big cities of Melbourne and Sydney, suburban backyards and the arid corners of central Australia shine a light on pressing social issues of the day, from gendered violence to climate change — and pacy plots keep the pages turning. Classics of the genre by the likes of Peter Temple, Garry Disher and Jane Harper are among the nation's most beloved books — and th
Book Week quiz: How well do you know Aussie kids' books? (opens the original)
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Every year, Children's Book Week is a celebration of children's literature capped off by a colourful and often chaotic parade, where kids dress up as their favourite book characters. The source of much parental angst, the Book Week parade nevertheless makes a valuable statement about the importance of literacy and fostering a love of books in young readers. As families around the country fire up their glue guns and frantically dig through the dress-up box in a last ditch effort to throw together
All the winners of coveted CBCA award gold stickers in 2026 (opens the original)
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Growing up in Bendigo, Zeno Sworder spent a lot of time outdoors. "My dad wasn't a big fan of technology, so we had no car, no television, no screens in the house," he tells ABC Arts. At the top of his street, there was one tree that stood out from the rest, with branches that were the perfect height for a kid to climb. "I spent a lot of time up in that tree, and I would often talk to it," Sworder recalls. These childhood memories partly inspired Sworder's latest picture book, Once I Was a Giant
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