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Drop the 'himpathy': Clarion call of Sydney Writers' Festival's #MeToo moment
I am encouraging every woman of every age to drop the "himpathy". I call on you to call these men, and call them out to their face.
- by Helen Pitt
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Sydney Writers' Festival
Why I'm uneasy about this chapter in the #MeToo revolution
If the bookshops were to rid their shelves of every work written by misogynistic men, Australia’s recycling crisis would get a whole lot worse.
- by Julie Szego
Turning Pages: The joys of a visit to one of the world's top book towns
For a tiny place, the annual Clunes Booktown Festival packs a lot in.
- by Jane Sullivan
Books That Changed Me: Meg Keneally
Patrick Susskind showed Meg Keneally that with good prose it is possible to achieve the impossible.
Wordplay: Idiom-tinkering takes the cake
Can I make a #@&%# confession? For years I thought that tinker's dam was just that – tinker's damn, the folkloric shorthand for anything worthless. But turns out I was wrong.
- by David Astle
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Arts
Bitter dispute over Colleen McCullough's estate reaches court hearing
A dispute over McCullough's estate will be fought out in the NSW Supreme Court.
- by Linda Morris
Madeline Miller: My obsession with classical Greek poetry and myths
Madeline Miller has followed up her prize-winning novel about Achilles with another reimagining of a figure from classical Greek literature, Circe.
- by Jane Sullivan
The Only Story review: Julian Barnes' powerful requiem for a love lost
Julian Barnes is at the height of his powers in his latest, heartbreaking novel.
- by Peter Craven
Top 10 books: Raymond E. Feist's King of Ashes leads science fiction chart
Raymond E. Feist tops the science fiction bestsellers chart with King of Ashes.
Opinion
Feminism
Nobel book scandal will be no loss to literature
Usually, what the Nobel Prize seems to award above all is the possession of a penis.
- by Amanda Craig
Canberra life
A love of reading: tips to make storytime a success
Anyone who has ever tried to nurse a squirmy toddler knows story time can be fraught with danger. Here's how to do it right.
- by Karen Hardy