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Our Whole Life Is Solving Puzzles by the QUT Qube Club
A classic Rubik’s Cube has six differently coloured faces, is made up of 27 pieces, and has over 43 quintillion possible combinations. In other words, if you twist the cube one turn per second without pausing, it will take you…

Respect by Runali Alpesh Maniya
Respect in Oxford’s manual May sound technical, “A due regard for other feelings, Wishes and rights” A bit lexical. Let me put it in words more poetical, Respect is engaging with sensory organs, That’s the essence, That’s the chemical. Seen…

Memento Mori: Non-Fiction by Harry Bass
Early childhood, while mostly confined to the haze of our initial memories, is full of profound milestones. Our first words, first crawls, and first steps being the big events which spring to mind. However, hidden from the doting eyes of…

England Sends Their Worst: Protest Kellie-Jay Keen’s Presence in Australia
By Killian MacDonald Have you ever heard the term ‘adult human female’? This wonderful use of the English language is a phrase coined by anti-transgender rights activist Kellie-Jay Keen, in her attempt to define what a ‘real woman’ is. Keen,…

The Good Captain: Cli-Fi with murderous main characters
Review by Manu Patil A change-provoking novel, The Good Captain takes us on a journey through a dying ocean on a ship full of radical environmentalists and dirty politics, exploring a grim reality. Adding to the growing genre of Cli-Fi, Sean Rabin…

The Last Woman in the World: An Australian dystopian thriller
Review by Phoebe Cuskelly Inga Simpson’s The Last Woman in the World exploits the fear inspired by Australian environmental disasters to deliver a post-apocalyptic thriller. The novel revolves around Rachel, a social recluse living off the coastline of New South…

Does Shrines of Gaiety exude “Big Dickensian Energy”?
Review by Jack Bell The most common thing you’re likely to hear about Shrines of Gaiety is that it’s Dickensian. That word will be on the back blurb of your copy, you’ll see it pop up in almost every review,…

An Aussie in the American School system – I’d read that
Review by Josephine Renee – Does Perfect on Paper handle important relationship issues? Yes. – Are queer and questioning themes discussed at length? Absolutely. – And is there an Aussie nestled into the love triangle of this American high school…