Working class man Jimmy Barnes wins book award
Blue-collar singer Jimmy Barnes officially an award-winning author for his memoir.
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Linda Morris
Linda Morris is an arts and books writer for The Sydney Morning Herald.
Take refuge in art not reality TV says writer George Saunders
George Saunders was a passenger on a commercial United Airlines jet that flew into a flock of geese outside of Chicago and almost fell to earth.
Leah Purcell's The Drover's Wife takes out Book of the Year
When the indigenous actress and director, Leah Purcell, took out her mother's tattered copy of Henry Lawson's short stories, she had no idea that the script she would bang out in seven days would be named Book of the Year in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards Monday night.
Lanagan's fantasy skews fairytales to macabre effect
The Sydney author's elegantly written stories put a darkly macabre spin on fairytales.
Instapoet Rupi Kaur, an internet sensation
"He only whispers I love you as he slips his hands down the waistband of your pants," Rupi Kaur writes.
The 2017 Best Young Australian Novelists
This year's Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelists show a concern for the role of home in their characters' lives.
Library borrowers are passionate for crime thrillers
Overseas crime thrillers have dominated an annual list of Australia's most borrowed library books.
Pia Miranda and THAT role she can never shake
To mark 25 years of the classic Australian coming-of-age novel, the Sydney Writers' Festival will bring author Melina Marchetta together with the stars of Looking for Alibrandi.
The science of epigenetics is a novel idea
Writers appointed to work side-by-side with researchers tackling some of the biggest public health scourges of modern times.
Fiona McFarlane wins major international literary award
Australian author takes out the world's richest literary prize for young writers for her short story collection.
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