'Hello my lovelies': Artist John Olsen greets his past
"They can say what they like about painting being dead. The most immediate thing is the brush mark that says I am."
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Linda Morris
Linda Morris is an arts and books writer for The Sydney Morning Herald.
Then there were six: The Stella Prize shortlist
This year's Stella Prize longlist has been whittled down to six books all of which deal powerfully with women's issues, be it racism, violence against women or mortality.
Poet receives telephone call of a lifetime
It's described as a telephone call of a lifetime: that moment when an unsuspecting writer receives the ground-shaking news that they have won one of the world's richest prizes for literature.
Big Little Lies author urges readers to give TV series a chance
"When I saw her appear dressed exactly as I described her in the book, I unexpectedly felt a little teary."
Jasper Jones film: 'I starved for 10 years to get to this point'
When Craig Silvey was called in to translate his book, Jasper Jones, to film he did what many authors in a similar position find impossible to do: he began from scratch.
Provocateur's free speech memoir gets limited release
The forthcoming memoir by the "alt right" provocateur and Trump supporter, Milo Yiannopoulos will not be published in Australia.
The legendary Australian we've all forgotten
If there are any lessons to be learned from scrutinising the private papers of the convict son-turned cattle baron who became the country's first self-made millionaire it is that the public greatly admires humility, grit and charity in its obscenely rich.
Hillary Clinton to pen reflections in two book deal
The appetite for the memoirs of leading political figures shows no sign of abating, even among the vanquished, with Hillary Clinton landing a two-book deal.
Hollywood diversity: Male film directors outweigh women 24:1
A lack of gender and racial diversity in Hollywood is not merely limited to front-of-camera acting roles.
Book industry turns to Hanson, Hinch for support
Senators Pauline Hanson and Derryn Hinch have emerged as pivotal figures in the Australian book industry's campaign to scuttle calls by the Productivity Commission to scrap certain copyright restrictions affecting Australian authors and publishers.
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