JK Rowling says she has an unpublished manuscript
The rest of us muggles might stock our closets with board games and other junk – JK Rowling's is housing every Harry Potter fan's dream.
The rest of us muggles might stock our closets with board games and other junk – JK Rowling's is housing every Harry Potter fan's dream.
My blood always races whenever a fresh batch of words needs assessing.
A painful yet compelling story of pure narrative without authorial intervention.
A New York novel that starts off dark – and only gets darker.
A beautiful and horrifying novella examining the history of Buddhism in Vietnam.
Lives exalted and artistic triumphs celebrated in recasting a trio of literary greats.
A dystopian tale that resonated in the contemporary real world.
Author of teen fiction knows it's important to identify with all characters in his new novel Release.
Jamila Rizvi found Maxine Beneba Clarke's The Hate Race an uncomfortable but inspiring read.
A cultural history of hats in the West.
An unorthodox memoir of the "ways of seeing" that a blind person experiences.
Bibliophile Daniel Gray celebrates the rituals of reading.
A satisfying selection of writing by journalist-turned public intellectual Donald Horne.
Detective Harry Hole is forced to deal with a very modern serial killer.
Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai's serves up bite-sized fiction marvels.
An intriguing exploration of the individual, the internet and the state in three non-fiction essays.
Lurid story of 1820's 'man-woman' murder mystery raises questions that still defy conventional answers.
why more an more writers are 'downsizing' from major publishing houses.
Literary events in Canberra,
I reckon we all have one foot in the bogan camp, assuming sociologists will ever define such a space.
One of Australia's absolutely essential poets, Fay Zwicky, has died on the weekend her Collected Poems was published.
Comedian and childrens' author says Spike Milligan's Badjelly the Witch is one of the best books to read out loud.
A long talk with Robert Ludlum had big consequences for Eric Van Lustbader, who took on Jason Bourne after creator's death.
Death of a She Devil is a kind of coda to a brilliant literary career that will charm anyone who can cotton on to the lilt of a sentence or the wit of a wise old woman
Strong young-adult fiction like Anna Spargo-Ryan's The Gulf should not preclude it from being enjoyed by adults.
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