Australia's National Prison Newspaper

Australia's National Prison Newspaper

Australia's National
Prison Newspaper

ISSUE NO. 8
MARCH 2025
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Culture

Culture is wide ranging. Sport, film, literature and the arts are all part of our culture, and much more. 

This section is dedicated to exploring and writing about the culture that people are engaging in, in Australia and around the world.

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How to Write: Reviews

By The Prison Journalism Project

Here are some tips for writing a review, courtesy of the Prison Journalism Project.

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ISSUE NO. 6

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About Time Book Club: The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku

By About Time

His message is simple but powerful: no matter how difficult life gets, we can choose to be kind, be grateful, and find joy.

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ISSUE NO. 6

4 MIN READ

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Reviewed by Mark

I've read thousands of novels over the last fifty-odd years and not one of them was romance, but while I'm trying new things – like paraplegia and prison – I might as well add in a romance novel to my life experience.

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Hachette Australia
Movie Review of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
By Vincent

Welcome to the planet where the apes are rulers and the humans – as far as we know – are reduced to a subspecies.

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20th Century Studios
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ISSUE NO. 7

February 2025

Back to Black

By Vincent

‘Back to Black’ charts Amy's life from her teen years through to her success as a world famous musician and singer.

3 MIN READ

ISSUE NO. 7

February 2025

Book Review: The Stoning by Peter Papathanasiou

By Alexander

The genre is crime fiction, set in the Australian outback, in rural, sometimes insular communities where everyone seems to know everyone else. This is set in the outback NSW town of Cobb where a woman, a local school teacher, has been stoned to death.

3 MIN READ

ISSUE NO. 6

December 2024

How to Write: Reviews

By The Prison Journalism Project

Here are some tips for writing a review, courtesy of the Prison Journalism Project.

3 MIN READ

ISSUE NO. 6

December 2024

About Time Book Club: The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku

By About Time

His message is simple but powerful: no matter how difficult life gets, we can choose to be kind, be grateful, and find joy.

4 MIN READ

ISSUE NO. 5

November 2024

About Time Book Club: Archer’s Voice

By About Time

This month, we’re reading Archer’s Voice, featuring our very own interview with the author, Mia Sheridan. Archer’s Voice is a New York Times bestselling romance novel. The novel centres on Archer Hale, a reclusive and mute young man with a troubled past, and Bree Prescott, a woman trying to escape her own traumatic history.

7 MIN READ

ISSUE NO. 4

October 2024

Daughters

By Abha Haval

There is a new US documentary out on Netflix in the community. It’s called ‘Daughters’ and takes viewers inside a Washington DC prison where a special program to give daughters a prom experience with their incarcerated fathers takes them on a rollercoaster of emotions.

4 MIN READ

ISSUE NO. 4

October 2024

Batman: Year One

By Grace J.

First published in 1987, Batman: Year One follows Bruce Wayne returning to Gotham after 12 years away.

4 MIN READ

ISSUE NO. 3

September 2024

Aussies Bring Home the Gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics

By Mia Abrahams

The 2024 Paris Olympics started with a splash (literally). The Opening Ceremony featured 90 boats, filled with country teams waving flags, all floating down a rainy river Seine, as the crowd of 300,000 cheered from the riverbanks.

6 MIN READ

ISSUE NO. 2

August 2024

Plays at Pentridge

By Michelle Wright

Melbourne’s Pentridge Prison still holds powerful memories for many thousands of people. The prison’s towering bluestone walls were an imposing presence in Coburg, and almost all Melburnians have a story to tell about this notorious place.

6 MIN READ

ISSUE NO. 1

July 2024

Paper Chained International Art Exhibition

By Damien Linnane

In Sydney in May 2024, Damien Linnane (editor of the prison magazine Paper Chained) held an exhibition of art by people in prison around the world. Linnane managed to obtain over 100 artworks from currently and formerly incarcerated people in eight different countries.

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