Nonfiction is a strange, alchemical business. In the knowledge that a good writer can make any subject sing, one of the books I’m looking forward to most in 2025 is The Season: A Fan’s Story (W&N, November), in which Helen Garner watches her grandson, Amby, play Aussie rules football during one Melbourne winter. Such... read full story
"For many years I've wondered why a bunch of frequencies organised into a piece of music has the ability, even without words, to make the listener cry and become emotional,"