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Books & Arts An adaptation for grown-ups Brian McFarlane 6 December 2018 Cinema | The Children Act succeeds because of its ideas as much as its narrative Correspondents Anna Burns, a Booker with soul David Hayes 17 October 2018 The Belfast novelist’s prize underlines the BBC’s cultural drift National Affairs Stranger than fiction Graeme Smith 10 October 2018 Two journalist–novelists compare notes on Chinese espionage Books & Arts Writers over America Susan Lever 25 September 2018 Books | Critics and readers in the United States played a little-known role in the history of Australian fiction

Essays & Reportage Publishing’s parallel universe Louise Merrington 5 October 2017 Self-publishing need no longer be a second-best option, especially if you’re a writer of genre fiction Books & Arts Beautiful dystopia Jane Goodall 11 July 2017 Television | Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale makes a mostly smooth transition to the screen Books & Arts The sense of an adaptation Brian McFarlane 25 May 2017 Cinema | The Sense of an Ending reveals another way of translating fiction onto the screen Books & Arts Reaping what was sown Susan Lever 4 May 2017 An unconventional history shows us personal and emotional engagements with the history of the WA wheatbelt

Books & Arts A story told over and over Jane Goodall 18 July 2016 Television | Game of Thrones brings to the screen qualities we associate with Aeschylus and Sophocles, writes Jane Goodall Books & Arts Cruel beauty Andrew Ford 2 June 2016 Composers might sometimes be envied by other artists, but music has a paradoxical limitation, writes Andrew Ford Books & Arts On literary awards Susan Lever 30 May 2016 Australia’s array of awards shows there are good and bad ways of recognising great writing, argues Susan Lever Books & Arts On the brink of war Brian McFarlane 20 April 2016 Books | Helen Simonson offers a panoramic yet finely detailed view of a society heading for upheaval, writes Brian McFarlane