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Julian Novitz

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Microsoft, TikTok and AI are ‘disrupting’ book publishing. But do we want their effortless art?

Publishing is one of many fields poised for disruption by tech companies and artificial intelligence (AI). New platforms and approaches, like a book...

04.12.2024 6

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Ocean life, games and the digital revolution converge in Richard Powers’ Playground

Richard Powers’ latest novel Playground draws a distinction between two different kinds of games. There are finite games that we play to win: the...

13.10.2024 5

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Patrick Holland’s hard-boiled drifter inhabits the strange beauty of lonely cities. Oblivion is both electrifying and too familiar

Oblivion’s exploration of the empty spaces and lives created by urbanism can come close to indulging an overly familiar fantasy of high-rolling...

05.08.2024 6

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Catherine Chidgey’s revealing, uncomfortable novels bridge worlds. Is she New Zealand’s latest global literary star?

Catherine Chidgey is one of New Zealand’s most accomplished and consistently surprising novelists. Since her debut in 1998, her works have also...

25.03.2024 60

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Magazines were supposed to die in the digital age. Why haven’t they?

In the classic comedy Ghostbusters (1984), newly hired secretary Janice raises the subject of reading, while idly flipping through the pages of a...

11.01.2024 10

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Brio, style and close reading: a collection of essays celebrates a remarkable publication

Critic Swallows Book collects 22 diverse essays from the Sydney Review of Books (SRB) to celebrate its ten-year anniversary. Established in 2013, the...

13.12.2023 8

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