Guardian Australia Reads

Reading romance books after heartbreak, finding nostalgia, and living with cancer and Covid

A writer wonders about a happily ever after. Nostalgia rises after years of rapid tech change. And cancer survivors manage treatment during lockdown

Taking inspiration from Chrissy Amphlett, Sharon Stone’s stunt double, and a diving superwoman

Meet three Australian women pushing back on the expectations and stereotypes so often placed on them

‘I am Bob. Just Bob’: could a Wollongong folk hero have had a Nazi past?

The steel city once knew him as a migrant made good who contributed a great gift to the arts. But one man has been digging into the true identity of Bob Sredersas

Leading the charge: road-testing Australia’s EV stations on a 2,800km round trip

What are the pleasures and pitfalls of driving an electric car from Sydney to Melbourne and back? Guardian Australia’s economics correspondent Peter Hannam goes for a test drive. Plus: we hear from a wrestling champ who can’t compete, and about a new island forming in the Pacific

Travelling lions, sinking islands and the last video store

These are some of our favourite stories from the Guardian Australia Reads audio library. A lion gets inside a London black cab, a son contemplates the future of his father’s ashes on a sinking island and Melbourne’s last video store resolutely stays open