Madeleine is a Sydney-born writer and editor. She began writing for Concrete Playground as an editorial intern in 2010. She has since written for The Believer, Los Angeles Review of Books, Junkee, The Lifted Brow and The Sun Herald (amongst others).
Ten books from this year that no bibliophile should miss.
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You know you wanna hear David Sedaris read his insightful, satirical, real-life stories aloud.
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Concrete Playground duly presents our suggestions for the best books to read over your summer.
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The filmmaker seeks out the ghosts of Europe with his new Christos Tsiolkas adaptation.
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Often we end up in a little media bubble, never challenged by new information or opinions. Unless we go looking for it.
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Going against the trend for opening small bars for people to escape the pokies and nightclubs, The Star opens a new superclub. With pokies.
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Will Ferrell announces on Conan O'Brien that there will be a sequel to Anchorman.
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Vivid Ideas is the creative part of the extravaganza that is Vivid Sydney, and this year it's bigger than ever before.
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Our pick of the best places screening the best films in atmospheric theatres with excellent beer and fancy ice cream.
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The Water Tank Project aims to raise awareness about water sustainability in a whimsical urban makeover.
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As part of their Architecture Series, Lego has released a model of the Sydney Opera House for you to build yourself.
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Drinkify makes sure you'll never drink alone again.
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Kony 2012 is a viral campaign spearheaded by the humanitarian group Invisible Children to raise awareness about atrocities in Uganda.
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To the delight of fetishists of redundant technology, an American artist has created a typewriter that paints.
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In attempt to help out those with a literary whim, Concrete Playground presents the ten best books to read this summer.
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Road trips can be an idealised summertime activity, so Concrete Playground has come up with some tips to make sure you never have a bad one again.
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Helsinki is not only a city of freezing winters and scary death metal bands, but the world's capital of innovative and sustainable design.
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The acclaimed director's latest short film has you falling in love with a pair of horny skeletons who come to life one night in a French bookshop.
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In the ultimate act of not being able to let go, an artist has transferred the detritus of his past into a perusable dumpster.
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