They may be written for younger adults but there is a philosophical depth to Phillip Pullman's books that attracts many adult readers too.

Australian literary legend Henry Lawson belongs just as much with the LGBTQI movement of today as with any of the sentimental nationalist and political movements that have made him their poster boy, according to Miles Franklin award winner Frank Moorhouse.

Jane Harper has followed in the footsteps of Peter Temple and Michael Robotham by winning Britain's Gold Dagger award.

Adventurer and pilot Michael Smith had the wind beneath his wings in his quest to circumnavigate the world in a seaplane. Then cloud cover – and panic – set in.

"It's been so much fun. I think I'm going to have trouble going home and taking out the garbage," says Man Booker Prize winner George Saunders.

Timing was everything for explorers Burke and Wills as they approached Cooper's Creek on 21 April, 1861.

Literary news and events in Canberra

Sam Carmody has picked up the Readings prize with his first novel.

Finding the meaning of an unfamiliar word takes you down all sorts of different paths.

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Miles Franklin Award winner Frank Moorhouse argues the Australian literary legend belongs just as much with the LGBTQI movement as with any sentimental nationalist and political movements.

Dan Brown is back at the top of the bestsellers charts with Origin.

Daniel Handler - aka Lemony Snicket - says his publishers were hesitant to brand his new novel as young-adult fiction because of the risky content it explored.

Kevin Rudd reveals his personal story and the story of his rise to the leadership of the ALP.

The author of The Da Vinci Code and now Origin is about as qualified to be a novelist as Donald Trump is to be president.

Darkly humorous observations on capitalist conformity and the blinkers of privilege come thick and fast in Celeste Ng's second novel.

Liam Brown says he will pass copies of The Power by Naomi Alderman on to his sons.

With Burning Down, Venero Armanno brings tautness and discipline to his instinctive lyricism.

Why is Evelyn Ortega so distressed by her minor car crash and what is a body doing in the boot of the car she has borrowed with out permission from her employer?

Michael Smith was a ''keen'' flyer, but was that enough to fly around the world in a tiny plane?

When Steve Bisley drops the wise-cracking and lets his story unfold the writing has a natural, resonant ease.

Antifa is worldwide, drawn from a broad range of Marxists and anarchists aimed at depriving fascists and the far-right of a voice,

Ian Chappell was determined to take South Australia from wooden spoon to the Sheffield Shield – and he did!

The British author reveals a little known Australian connection to a new companion trilogy to His Dark Materials series.

The author has always written about Australia in his many novels, but never included Indigenous characters and stories. His latest book remedies that.