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Literary awards don't make authors rich, but they do help readers discover local treasures.
Literary awards don't make authors rich, but they do help readers discover local treasures.
"Why did I sign up to this? I asked myself during the second lesson of my scuba course.
After my first class, I recall the sign for "embarrassed".
Prepare, show up and feel free to freak out a little if necessary.
I'm not going to pretend I'm essential. But there's one thing gay uncles can offer.
To say you're agnostic feels like a cop-out, but I'm a spiritual fence-sitter.
Women: I'm not one of you. But I share your annoyance.
What protesting gives you is reassurance: you are not insane.
ASK YOURSELF: when was the last time you were naked that didn't involve showering, sleeping or having sex?
In today's Chinese zodiac, a female tiger represents something quite different compared to the past.
I've never committed arson, but nothing makes you dream about burning down a house and everything in it more than clearing out your childhood home.
Fun-wise, this combat sport packs some serious punch. Just don't forget the shin pads.
Where do I come from? Who am I? What is going on?
Coming out, I've learnt, isn't a single moment.
Book clubs are a way to engage in everyone's favourite 21st-century pastime.
There are advantages in dating someone who loathes cooking.
Most of us don't know how we'll react in a crisis until it happens.
I take my haircuts seriously. It's taken trial and error, but here's what I've found.
At writers' festivals, one question never failed to stump me.
Being forgetful has taught me valuable lessons.
I have reservations about meditation. Will I just fall asleep?
As a kid, my freestyle technique involved pretending I was a terrified windmill and crying.
Time management is less about achieving everything you want and more like triage.
if spotting non-white, non-heterosexual or non-able-bodied people on Australian TV was a drinking game, everyone would stay sober.
Asians and surfing didn't mix, I'd decided in year 12. But now I'm based in Sydney...
Asking about real estate is often code for, "How do you survive here?"
We can say, "Sorry, my house is a mess" – but can't apologise for stuff that matters.
For most of my life, no clothes have fit me. It'd help if I knew how to do my own alterations.
Anyone who breaks these laws should be barred from their smartphones and having hands in general.
It's not a moral virtue to dismiss something just because the masses enjoy it.