Big names to headline Canberra Writers Festival 2017
After a successful inaugural year, the Canberra Writers Festival has attracted some big names.
Books
Bridget Jones author wins pig
Helen Fielding's latest Bridget Jones book has won Britain's Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction. The prize includes champagne and a pig.
Why you need to read . . . Peter Polites
To read Down the Hume, Peter Polites' fierce first novel, is to step into the literary wilds.
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.
Lisa McInerney's rich, dark follow-up to The Glorious Heresies
Young Irish writer Lisa McInerney's storytelling is clever, rich and dark.
The River Sings: Sandra Leigh Price's tale of Romani women
This historical romance explores some intriguing possibilities about the Romani people in 19th century Australia.
Hugh Mackay's Selling the Dream: The ad man as anti-hero
Social researcher Hugh Mackay's seventh novel recalls the fiction of David Lodge.
Closing Down: Sally Abbott delivers a polished, imaginative novel
This polished first novel treads a delicate and frightening line between the present and the future
Eurovision! review: Contest's kitschy, vapidly amiable appeal
An entertaining chronicle of the famously kitsch song contest.
Wordplay: we are what we write
Just as hair follicles spell our DNA, so do semicolons and adjectives unmask authors.
Things That Helped: Essays about post-natal depression
Elegantly written essays explore the melancholy of post-natal depression.
Finding Nevo: Moving memoir of gender dysphoria and divisions
A moving memoir about the arbitrariness of binary gender divisions and how they box us all in.
The Mysterious Mr Jacob: Remarkable tale of 'uncrowned king of Simla'
The remarkable true story of a penniless young man who transforms himself into the "uncrowned king of Simla".
Jewish Anzacs review: A shadow battle waged against prejudices
The story of Jewish-Australians in almost every Australian military conflict up to the present day.
Turning pages: women writers shine at Clunes
At the 11th annual Clunes Booktown writers festival, women writers dominated.
Rare 'Harry Potter' prequel vanishes after British home burglary
J.K. Rowling has pleaded for the return of a Harry Potter manuscript that has been stolen.
Rowling calls for help after rare Harry Potter script stolen
JK Rowling called for help from all the muggles out there after a Harry Potter script was stolen.
Anti-Cool Girl author: celebrating Mother's Day with my Mum, a recovering alcoholic
Neglected as a child, Rosie Waterland finds solace in her mother's chicken soup as an adult.
Into the Heart of Tasmania: Gaining a sense of Aboriginal culture
Rebe Taylor's book is the latest entry in the history wars; her aim is to unearth proof of the antiquity of Tasmanian Aboriginal people.
Mark Colvin: 'I have had a fortunate life'
The veteran ABC broadcaster Mark Colvin has signed off for good. His was a massive intellect and a rare talent.
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.
102-year-old gum blossom babies haven't aged a day
An original May Gibbs painting will find a new home at the National Centre for Australian Children's Literature in Canberra
Billy Sing: Celebration of a Chinese-Australian hero
Australian-Chinese novelist Ouyang Yu explores the life of a World War I digger who is little known or celebrated outside Queensland
Colson Whitehead: 'The truth of things, not the facts'
This Pulitzer prize-winning writer says he was scrupulous about the historical detail in his novel about slaves escaping the southern states.
Three Stones Make a Wall: Gripping tale of archaeology's wonders
American archaeologist Eric Cline believes archaeology matters to everyone
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