Jane Harper's initial hopes for The Dry, a page-turning murder-mystery set in drought-stricken rural Australia, were modest enough. Firstly, it was to finish the manuscript she had started, then it was to get published and onto book shelves.
"The thing about sisters," says the young adult fiction writer Jaclyn Moriarty, "is we understand the importance of praise.''
The film is based on an as-yet-unpublished book, From the Corner of the Oval.
Should we neutralise certain phrases to avoid sexism?
Tozer's novels cover first jobs, new loves, big decisions, the agony of indecision and uncertainty, peer pressure - and lots of kissing.
The man behind award-winning comedy series Veep will soon turn his attention to the Australian political landscape when he opens the Sydney Writers' Festival three weeks ahead of official programming.
Literary events in Canberra
An intriguing story about dealing with grief, appeasing ghosts and expiating guilt.
Adelaide Writers' Week: Truth tellers and inventors abound.
Sinew and finesse to evocation of life.
Sara Lovestam's sharply observed tale.
An entertaining treat for the well-read.
Genre fans will be beguiled by the latest entry in Thoraiya Dyer's Titan's Forest trilogy.
The cause of Jane Austen's mysterious death at age 41 has been much pondered over the years. Was it a hormonal disorder? Cancer? Complications from drinking unpasteurised milk?
Ian McFarlane's second edition of rock & pop encyclopedia is a solid testament in what is proving an ethereal age.
An intriguing cross-section of contemporary Australia
Helen Garner's The First Stone made Cassandra Austin think about how she should live her feminism.
Two new books explore the joys of a simple life.
An accessible revisionist study of German history
This revised edition is a serious tome for lovers of Australian music.
An optimistic portrait of Moscow from a former Cold War diplomat.
Footrot Flats creator Murray Ball has died. He was aged 78.
The advantage of a celebrity television profile in book publishing has been underlined again with Peter Helliar's first outing as a children's book author.
A Melbourne super-fan of risque 1970s soap Number 96 interviewed more than 50 cast and crew for new book.
Martin Sharp was our very own counterculture visionary, and two new biographies explore his life and his art, from hanging out with 60s rock legends to restoring Sydney's Luna Park.
Search pagination