Celina Ribeiro is the deputy features editor for Guardian Australia
October 2024
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‘Urgent’, ‘stunningly written’, ‘a feat of imagination’: the best Australian books out in October
Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on
August 2024
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Norman Swan: ‘I tried very hard to do the opposite of what I experienced as a child’
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New Andy Griffiths, Korean slow food and a frontier war epic: the best Australian books out in August
July 2024
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‘Radical’, ‘a headrush’, ‘insanely clever’: the best Australian books out in July
Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on
April 2024
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‘Candid’, ‘remarkable’, ‘beguiling’: the best Australian books out in April
Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on
March 2024
Homes on steroids: how Australia came to build some of the biggest houses on Earth
My family of four lives in a home that 90 years ago housed a family of 11. How have our ideas of enough changed over the years?
October 2023
Gratitude zones and ‘ignited water’: a day at the Mind Body Spirit festival
At the gathering in Sydney, wellness sits alongside the spiritual, distrust of the establishment alongside commerce
The case of Strange Bird: how did an African guineafowl end up living wild on a Sydney street?
At first an oddity roaming in an otherwise desperately ordinary suburb, the curious creature continues to survive – alone and silent
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‘Ballsy’, ‘very funny’, ‘read in one sitting’: the best Australian books out in October
Each month, Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on
June 2023
A post-piggy bank world: what does money mean if you can’t hold it in your hand?
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‘Sinister’, ‘bonkers’, ‘meta’: the best Australian books out in June
May 2023
‘Can I just … rest?’: guilt, the four-day working week and what to do with the fifth day
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‘Candid’, ‘gripping’, ‘compulsory reading’: the best Australian books out in May
March 2023
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‘Sensual’, ‘revelatory’, ‘delicious’: the best Australian books out in March
Each month, Guardian Australia editors and critics pick out the upcoming titles they’ve already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on
February 2023
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Why we need to talk about happiness – with Lenore Taylor
In this episode of Full Story, Gabrielle Jackson talks to Lenore Taylor and Celina Ribeiro about how we can find joy without turning away from the world’s most pressing issues
January 2023
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Discomfort, discovery and hope during a day at the beach – podcast
Five stories about how life happens when surrounded by sand and sea
December 2022
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Revisited: Australia’s first transgender priest on breaking ground and a bruising political debate
Laura Murphy-Oates speaks to Rev Josephine Inkpin about about her life, the political fight over transgender rights and the place of queer people in the church
November 2022
The push and pull of cheating at university: ‘No one knows what cheating is any more’
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‘Remarkable’, ‘gorgeous’, ‘entertaining’: the best Australian books out in November
August 2022
Easy Book Week costume ideas: ‘Do you have a box? There are lots of cubes in children’s books’
From athletic autobiographies to the all-encompassing witch’s hat, here are six ways to sail through Book Week 2022 without resorting to an Elsa costume
