Kath Kenny

Nov 30, 2024 | themonthly.com.au | Kath Kenny |Anna Goldsworthy |Margaret Simons |Megan Davis

Hungry ghosts New fiction from the Miles Franklin–winning author of ‘The Yield’ and ‘After the Carnage’ Yuwaaliyaay used a few pebbles of milky whites for trading way back when, and by the turn of the century some whitefella sank the first shaft. Nameless hordes looking for gold turned up to find not the glint in the muck, but rock veins crammed with every one of Saturn’s iridescent moons. A whole universe in the palm of a hand, if you could bear it.

Nov 30, 2024 | themonthly.com.au | Rick Morton |Kath Kenny |Anna Goldsworthy |Margaret Simons

A friend, Harry, used to proudly exclaim: “I’m going to live forever and you can’t prove me wrong.” And he was right, and remains so, if only while adhering to the strictest requirements of evidentiary law. This logic was the opposite of mine. I was not naturally given to such confident self-reflection, even if part of me believed, for longer than was reasonable, that I had the latent power of telekinesis and I’d made a paper pinwheel in an attempt to prove it. Results: inconclusive.

Nov 30, 2024 | themonthly.com.au | Josephine Rowe |Kath Kenny |Anna Goldsworthy |Margaret Simons

The saint is nameless when she comes to Orrin Bird. By horse float, of all things. Though he cannot say what other mode of transport might have been more appropriate, given circumstances. She could hardly have come by rail, accompanied or otherwise. He supposes she might have come by hearse. Though hearses are scarce enough out here, and to receive a casket, a box of any kind from such a vehicle, would have brought attention, prying in the guise of condolences.

Nov 30, 2024 | themonthly.com.au | Brodie Lancaster |Kath Kenny |Anna Goldsworthy |Margaret Simons

The season’s best criminal drama, comedy capers, horror and true crime viewing, from ‘I’ll Be Gone in the Dark’ to ‘Longlegs’ While the cinema is cranking out air-conditioning, buttery popcorn and family-friendly Boxing Day movies, streaming services are brimming with less wholesome fare to fill your summer evenings (and days – no judgement). Very worth your time are these “whodunnems”: murder mysteries, comedy capers, true crime tales and horror movies.

Nov 30, 2024 | themonthly.com.au | Anna Goldsworthy |Kath Kenny |Margaret Simons |Megan Davis

On the beauty and necessity of music, especially in times of disaster, conflict and crisis The first piece I ever played with my trio was Felix Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No. 1. Composed in the “serious” key of D minor, it opens with a sweeping cello melody accompanied by quietly agitated piano chords.