AustLit

'Welcome to ABC Arts' new monthly book column. Each month, we'll present a shortlist of new releases read and recommended by The Bookshelf's Kate Evans and The Book Show's Claire Nichols and Sarah L'Estrange — alongside freelance writers and book reviewers. This month, we're thrilled to present recommendations from Declan Fry and Khalid Warsame.' (Introduction)

'Co-creators of ABC comedy Rosehaven, Celia Pacquola and Luke McGregor, describe the series as an accidental family show: there's no nudity, barely any swearing -- it's just two friends being charming idiots.'

'When Cyclone Tracy destroyed Darwin on Christmas Eve 1974, footage of the devastation shot by the ABC was the first vision released to the nation.' (Introduction)

'Over the last 18 months we've all felt shut in at times, but a new Australian novel explores an extreme version of that feeling: hikikomori.' (Introduction)

'The ABC's new TV series The Newsreader provides an insight into the smoky Australian newsrooms of the 1980s and the people who brought us our nightly news.' (Introduction)

'A retreat promising tranquility, peace and space away from distraction — sounds nice, right?' (Introduction)

'Several years ago, I was walking along a street in Fitzroy, heading to my mum's house in Collingwood. Up ahead of me I noticed a woman was pushing a trolley loaded with junk mail. She stopped at each house in the street and fed the letterbox with colourful advertisements for shopping bargains.' (Introduction)

'The 130-storey treehouse has a level where your legs grow super long, and a soft grassy hill that's just perfect to roll down. But watch out for the GRABINATOR, which can grab anything from anywhere in time.' (Introduction)

'Between war, the pandemic and climate emergency, the world is wild and uncertain at the moment. But in trying times, returning to a beloved book can provide a moment of distraction and reprieve.' (Introduction)

'In 1944, 23-year-old Max Harris was an Adelaide-based poet and co-editor of modernist art and literary journal Angry Penguins.' (Introduction)