Most world history is written from one vantage point and then generalised outward, the West explaining the world to itself. Out of Chaos, Jon Wilson's new book out on August 27th, is the first text I have read that genuinely resists that gravitational pull.

Photo by Chris Kroll Hailing from Frankston, Melbourne, The Gnomes are a four-piece garage-rock band bringing ‘60s beat, Merseybeat and power pop into the present day. Formed by singer-guitarist Jay Millar out of his prolific bedroom project on Bandcamp, the band quickly built a following locally before releasing their self-titled debut album in November 2025. Alongside Millar, the lineup features Ned Capp on guitar, Olly Katsianis on bass and Ethan Robins on drums, with The

This book is a coming of age novel of the very best kind, filled with the sorrows and joys, the ups and downs of life.

There are plenty of books that promise to reinvent the murder mystery genre. Few actually do. Eight Detectives by Alex Pavesi (2020) is one of the rare exceptions: a novel that doesn't simply tell a mystery but examines why mysteries work in the first place.

Every month, I tell myself I won't become overly ambitious with my reading plans. And every month… I fail. July was supposed to be the month I tackled a mountain of books that had been sitting on my TBR cart for months. Romance, fantasy, mystery, literary fiction, political science… I somehow convinced myself I could comfortably fit all of them into one month.