The Hogwarts universe is set to expand by an additional two new Harry Potter books

Literary news and events in Canberra,

Michael Robotham took quite a few risks for his latest novel, The Secrets She Keeps

If cryptic crossword clues do nothing else, they dispel distraction.

It might be the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution but the Melbourne Writers Festival isn't entirely dwelling on the past by choosing Revolution as the all-embracing theme for the 33rd instalment of the annual literary beanfeast.

Two new books break new ground in the depiction of Arab and Muslim women's lives.

An impeccably researched account of a 19th-century bicycle race that captivated Australia.

This memoir of Nina Riggs' final years is sad but never depressing.

Former head of the Art Gallery Society Judith White ranges over the cultural life of the country.

Christopher Bollen's new novel reads like some prodigy born from a union of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Patricia Highsmith.

A witty but ultimately disappointing debut from Lauren Berry focusing on two young women whose dreams seem out of reach.

This collection of mother/son letters charts the story of lives less than ordinary.

A lean, taut novella that decays into dangerous orbit around a drug kingpin.

An odd mix of romance, intrigue and horror, Watch Over Me veers into something akin to a war-torn Fifty Shades of Grey.

The novels of Jane Austen have a lot to say about Australia's current crop of politicians, say experts.

David Grann's new book recounts the 1920s conspiracy to murder people of the Osage nation.

A raft of new 'how-to-write' books take very different approaches.

Australian novelist Beverley Farmer's new collection of stories will be her last work of fiction.

She's forever fixed in the public eye as the beaming singer of Accidently Kelly Street, but there's a lot of darkness behind that smile.

This classic Cold War thriller follows the genre's rules.

Melanie Cheng's short stories are the fiction that make the Census facts three-dimensional.

The Canberra Writers Festival in August is shaping up nicely.

Literary news and events in Canberra.

An exhibition of original artworks from some of Australia's best loved children's books offers a rare insight.