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| UpdatedThe artist Elizabeth Gould has not been entirely erased from history, but she has been reduced to an initial or replaced by the name of her husband.
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| UpdatedTownsville author Krystal Sutherland rides the popular wave of young adult fiction to Hollywood.
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Townsville author Krystal Sutherland
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| UpdatedAfter being taunted by other students, teenager Monique Mastrobattista has launched a campaign that encourages people to value kindness over school grades.
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The top award for fiction writing at this year's Prime Minister's Literary Award is shared by two women, Lisa Gorton for her novel, The Life of Houses and Charlotte Wood, for her work The Natural Way of Things.
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When central Queensland Indigenous elder Nhaya Nicky Hatfield started piecing her Darumbal language together, she vowed that one day her grandchildren would speak it fluently.
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| UpdatedMeet the budding filmmaker who spent hours on her living room floor creating an award-winning stop motion video about the EJ12 Girl Hero book series.
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| UpdatedA breathtaking collection of short stories has been translated from various Indonesian languages into English, revealing not just great writing, but a deep insight into modern life in our northern neighbour.
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Hannah Kent back in Adelaide CBD ahead of a busy schedule of book talks
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| UpdatedNovelist Hannah Kent shot to literary fame when her debut novel Burial Rites became a global bestseller. Now she's shrugged off pressure for a repeat success to produce a praised second novel.
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With the identity of Elena Ferrante, author of the series of best-selling Neapolitan novels, now revealed, does it change her books?
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| UpdatedA former police officer has used her investigative skills to research cyber safety for her first published novel.
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| UpdatedRichard Neville was best known for founding Oz magazine in 1963. In his final years, he shared some reflections about how the magazine came about.
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| UpdatedFormer Go-Betweens singer-songwriter Robert Forster opens up about his friendship with collaborator Grant McLennan in a new book called Grant & I: Inside and Outside the Go-Betweens.
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In his latest book, veteran critic Clive James discovers the joys of binge-watching TV.
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| UpdatedA north Queensland magistrate hopes her book, Saltwater, will initiate discussion about how to curb youth crime.
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Joseph Conrad, the author of such books as Heart Of Darkness and Nostromo, has a connection to Tasmania that many locals are not aware of. It lies in the water at Otago Bay.
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Scottish journalist Cal Flyn is the great-great-great niece of Angus McMillan. Learning about his life has become a tumultuous, life-changing journey, driving her to write a book.
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| UpdatedAuthor Lily Brett speaks to Jane Hutcheon on One Plus One about her parents' catastrophic past as survivors of the Holocaust and how it both influenced and isolated her, growing up in Australia.
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| UpdatedAuthor Lily Brett speaks to One Plus One about her parents' lasting grief as survivors of the Holocaust, and how it affected her life.
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