Writers' festival built by a real estate agent celebrates 20 years
Although there are no statistics, Chris Hanley is almost certainly the only real estate agent in the world who has started a writers' festival.
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Susan Wyndham
Susan Wyndham is The Sydney Morning Herald's literary editor. She has been a reporter, feature writer, Good Weekend editor and a Herald deputy editor. Her books include Life in His Hands: The True Story of a Neurosurgeon and a Pianist (2008) and My Mother, My Father: On Losing a Parent (2013).
Where books are as thrilling as footy
It was a big week for books in the Tiwi Islands near Darwin, where young people dream of AFL rather than writing.
Keneally's generosity writ large for younger novelist
Brisbane novelist Ashley Hay has received a $50,000 grant, made possible by a generous act by Thomas Keneally.
Indie awards show passion for printed books is alive
The Indie Book Awards are the first national awards of the year and perhaps the only ones in which Peter Carey's cynical political satire, Amnesia, will sit on the shortlist with Graeme Simsion's best-selling romantic comedy, The Rosie Effect.