Entertainment

Books

Author Steven Lang.

Steven Lang

Steven Lang's third novel, Hinterland, focuses on the interactions of a group of people in s amll Queensland country town that is the focus of an environmental campaign.

Wordplay

<p>

Is there a place for apostrophes or hyphens in crossword clues? Opinions differ.

The cities that conjure up crime fiction

Humphrey Bogart as Philip Marlowe in Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep.

Cities can provide the perfect atmospheric backdrop to a crime novel, says Booker Prize winner John Banville. Just think of Raymond Chandler's mean streets of Los Angeles.

Turning Pages

Dorothy Parker ensured the Algonquin Hotel in New York gained its place in literary history after she  attempted suicide ...

Writers are always looking for a quiet, inspirational space, and it's considered a bonus if a famous author once inhabited it.

Litbits

<i></i>

What's on in the Canberra literary scene, June 24, 2017

The bizarre point at which fan fiction and reality collide

Online star Grace Helbig is collaborating with authors of fan fiction.

Grace Helbig is an internet superstar. She is a doyenne of YouTube, host of a celebrity interview podcast, star of a superhero web series, author of two lifestyle guidebooks and – in one obscure corner of the web – protagonist of pages upon pages of fan-written stories that recast her persona into seemingly endless fictional scenarios.