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Songwriters on the Run by Robert Forster review – Go-Betweens frontman hits a dud note

There’s little melody or rhythm in Forster’s prose, while the dialogue is plodding and full of exposition

The Guardian - AU

Best Australian books out in May: Robert Forster’s crime caper, a ‘superb’ new novel and Periodic Bitch

Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

The Guardian - AU

Australian books to look forward to in 2026: from a 278-page sentence to a memoir about a ‘cursed vagina’

It promises to be a marvellous year ahead for OzLit, with new books from the likes of Kate Grenville, Siang Lu, Antoinette Lattouf, Shaun Micallef, Judith Lucy and more

The Guardian - AU

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5 great free movies to stream on Pluto TV, Plex and more this week (May 5)

This week’s free movie picks include crime, mind-bending mysteries, and a South Korean zombie smash – stream them all now on Pluto TV, Plex, and more.

TechRadar

'A mesmerising forest of lights': First artwork for Kingston Arts Precinct revealed

And it is an artwork familiar to many.

The Canberra Times

‘The model is broken’: Brisbane live music venue the Zoo to close after 32 years

Fortitude Valley institution and sister venue Stranded will soon shut as owner cites cost-of-living pressures and young people drinking less

The Guardian - AU

‘If you came to The Zoo, you respected the rules’: is this Brisbane music venue the best in Australia?

With its unofficial ‘no dickheads’ policy, the 500-capacity room has been a safe space in the heart of Fortitude Valley

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Kylie, Jen Cloher, Troye Sivan and others: the 17 best Australian albums of 2023

From queer ecstasy to award-winning post-punk, here are our critics’ favourite releases of the year

The Guardian - AU

Intimate reminder of Forster's pop-writing class

The Go-Betweens legend stops into Lizotte's.

Newcastle Herald

Planner: Footy, laughs, music & more

Africa Day 10am to 3pm, Islington Public School, Hubbard Street, Islington.

Newcastle Herald

Gig guide: Spacey Jane, Robert Forster, Sneaky Sound System

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Newcastle Herald

Robert Forster: The Candle and the Flame review – bittersweet songs with added resonance

This home-recorded album from the Australian singer-songwriter is at once premonitory and healing – and very much a family affair

The Guardian - UK

‘The best six words I have ever written’: Robert Forster on finding inspiration in his wife’s illness

Creating art after Karin’s cancer diagnosis seemed obscene to the former Go-Betweens frontman. But then the sound of a recent piece of music he’d written was in his ear, and a lyric came to him

The Guardian - AU

Robert Forster: The Candle and the Flame review – intimate and life-affirming

Made in the wake of his wife and musical partner Karin Bäumler’s diagnosis with ovarian cancer, Forster’s eighth solo album is startling in its quiet power

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Robert Forster: Venus by Television is the most perfect song of all time

The former Go-Betweens frontman recounts how, as a teenager, he fell under the spell of Television’s album Marquee Moon

The Independent UK

‘I thought, I’m in trouble!’: Pam Grier explains why filming Tarantino’s Jackie Brown left her ‘exhausted’

Actor starred as the title character opposite Samuel L Jackson in Quentin Tarantino’s film about a flight attendant turned smuggler

The Guardian - AU

Beckah Amani, Cry Club and Betty Who: Australia’s best new music for November

Each month we add 20 new songs to our Spotify playlist. Read about 10 of our favourites here

The Guardian - UK

Jackie Brown review – Tarantino’s most romantic film is a stone-cold classic

Pam Grier and Samuel L Jackson are explosively good in this stylish crime thriller, with superb supporting turns from Robert Forster, Robert De Niro and Bridget Fonda

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Chris Bailey of the Saints: the voice that tore across the world, and changed the face of Brisbane

David Malouf said poetry could never occur in Brisbane in the 70s and 80s. The Saints proved otherwise – and revolutionised the music industry

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