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Nevermoor by debut author Jessica Townsend wins 2018 ABIA Book of the Year
The record-breaking children's fantasy book Nevermoor has won Book of the Year at the Australian Industry
- by Melanie Kembrey
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The changing face of crime fiction: From the magnifying glass to the mobile
In crime fiction, as in crime fighting, technology can help or hinder. We have come a long way since Sherlock Holmes first peered through his magnifying glass.
- by Jimmy Thomson
Turning Pages: The writers who had second thoughts about their books
Writers' faith in their own work is a funny, contradictory thing: diamond-hard, and fragile as thistledown. There are many wobbles of faith, but not usually in public.
- by Jane Sullivan
Sydney Writers' Festival
Populism Now! review: David McKnight makes a case for a change in direction
Populism Now! builds a strong case against the dominant economic policies of the past three decades, drawing heavily on recent journalism and reports.
- by Dennis Altman
Sydney Writers' Festival
The Odyssey review: Emily Wilson's translation brings the epic closer to home
Whether or not The Odyssey is a story for our time – or for all time – it seems more approachable, more sensuous, diverting, and a lot more fun than its fierce martial prequel set beneath the battlements of Troy.
- by Luke Slattery
Good Weekend
The great Mother's Day book round-up
From the highbrow to the heartbreaking and humorous – whatever your mum's reading taste, the latest releases deliver page-turning satisfaction.
- by Nicole Abadee
Opinion
China
Peppa Pig should be proud
In more modern times, subversive authors and characters have continued to make their mark.
- by Lucy Mangan
The Wanderers review: Tim Pears' drama in Edwardian rural England
In the summer of 1912, Leo Sercombe is running away from an upper-class estate after a drama involving the aristocrat's daughter Lottie.
- by Kerryn Goldsworthy
You Think It, I'll Say It review: Curtis Sittenfeld's insightful stories
American novelist Curtis Sittenfeld has written her first book of short stories.
- by Kerryn Goldsworthy
Those Other Women review: Nicola Moriarty on mothers and non-mothers
The real battle in this book of friendships betrayed is the conflict between mothers and non-mothers.
- by Kerryn Goldsworthy
West review: Carys Davies' visionary and beautiful fable of discovery
Behind this small novel you can hear the rustling weight of American literature.
- by Kerryn Golsdworthy