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From salacious and savage to escapist and evocative, here are the page-turners Guardian Australia writers are whipping through on break. Now we want yours.
What’s the most engrossing, delightful book you return to on holidays? Join us in the comments and we’ll compile a list of readers’ picks
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Robert ‘Nosey Bob’ Howard sparked both fear and fascination as the longest-serving executioner in New South Wales. Paul Daley speaks with Rachel Franks, the author of An Uncommon Hangman: The Life and Deaths of Robert ‘Nosey Bob’ Howard, about his 62 hangings and why Indigenous people and women were disproportionately sentenced to death
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Australians emerged from two years of lockdowns seemingly intent on putting the past behind them and embracing a newfound sense of liberty
Twelve months ago, as Australia’s most populous states savoured new post-lockdown freedoms, any possibility Covid-19 might slip from public consciousness was unthinkable.
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Just in time for your Christmas shopping: Guardian Australia’s critics and staff pick out the best of the best
Which Australian books did you love this year? Join us in the comments
Simon & Schuster
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People who devote their lives to preserving Aboriginal culture and heritage are often caught between local communities and the legacies of museums. Yuwaalaraay woman Jilda Andrews and John Carty, author of Balgo, chat to Paul Daley about the meaning of Country, anthropology and art in the Western Desert
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The election win 50 years ago delighted my father and angered my mother. Their politics were never reconciled yet they stayed together until my father’s death