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Books That Changed Me: David Hill
Xavier Herbert's Capricornia helped David Hill understand the devastation of many Indigenous communities following white colonisation and settlement.
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Tania Blanchard on how a follower of Hitler lost her devotion
The Girl From Munich is a historical drama written from the point of view of a committed German nationalist who slowly comes to her senses.
- by Thuy On
The Enigmatic Mr Deakin review: Judith Brett investigates the inner life of a PM
Judith Brett focuses as much on the inner life of Alfred Deakin, Australia's second prime minister, as it does on his political life.
- by Michael Sexton
Sherman Alexie: You can get a good story out of everything
The Native American novelist and poet pays tribute to his late mother in his new memoir, acknowledging her as the source of his art.
- by James Yeh
Books That Changed Me: Rachel Seiffert
It was reading Henry James' Washington Square that marked the moment when the novelist Rachel Seiffert became a ''grown-up'' reader.
Pulse Points review: Jennifer Down's stories display a sharp intellect
The stories in Jennifer Down's first collection have a youthful searching, yearning quality to them.
- by Louise Swinn
The poetry of Fay Zwicky and Thea Astley review: Two distinguished Australians
The novelist Thea Astley's early poems and occasional offerings show she might have been a poet. Fay Zwicky, though, was one of the most formidable poets of her generation.
- by Peter Craven
Sofie Laguna: From picture books to Miles Franklin winner
Miles Franklin winner Sofie Laguna has come along way since her first book, My Yellow Blanky, was published. But that remains a very significant event in her writing career.
- by Jason Steger
Wordplay: The many worlds that exist in homelessness
Homelessness is one of the most complicated words with many meanings and few solutions.
- by David Astle
Put Indigenous heritage at heart of national story, says novelist Kim Scott
Kim Scott will open the Melbourne Writers Festival with an address about our national identity.
- by Jason Steger