Kylie Northover

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Kylie Northover

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When E. Lockhart’s YA novel We Were Liars was published in 2014, it was huge, spending 40 weeks on the New York Times Young Adult bestseller list. Then, in 2021, the twisty novel had an unexpected surge in sales (now about 3 million copies) when it trended on BookTok, with readers sharing themselves becoming emotional over the book’s ending.

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Kylie Northover

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Survivors★★★NetflixCreated by prolific screenwriter/director/producer Tony Ayres, this crime drama is based on the novel of the same name by the equally prolific Jane Harper (The Dry). The story takes place in – you won’t believe it – a small town where everyone knows each other’s business, and many members of the tight-knit community have long-held secrets.

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Louise Rugendyke |Meg Watson |Kylie Northover |Karl Quinn

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. From returning favourites to the resuscitation of Noah Wyle’s medical career, and the completely mad mind of Nathan Fielder, this year’s TV offerings have been a mix of the familiar and the thrillingly unexpected. Sure, we were all excited that The White Lotus was coming back, but it was Adolescence that overtook the conversation. So what’s worth watching?

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Kylie Northover

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Is it ever a good idea for a TV series to expand a story beyond its source material? I’m looking at The Handmaid’s Tale, but now I’m also pointedly scowling at this second season of Nine Perfect Strangers, which imagines a scenario that didn’t exist in Liane Moriarty’s bestselling novel.

1 month ago | watoday.com.au | Kylie Northover

SaveNormal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeOne of Japan’s biggest stars, the singer Ado, is headed to Australia for the first time this month, although if you’re older than 25, you may not recognise her name. And nobody recognises her face, even in Japan and East Asia where the 22-year-old is a superstar: Ado’s identity is a closely guarded secret. She’s never revealed her real name or her face, instead using an anime avatar to promote her work.