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No shushing! State Library of NSW opens the door to children
Seen and heard: The State Library of NSW wants to turn itself into the ''go-to'' place for children's writing and reading.
- by Linda Morris
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The Saturday Paper alters prestigious award after judge's resignation
The Horne Prize had placed a ban on non-Indigenous Australians writing about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
- by Broede Carmody
How Liane Moriarty keeps it real
She might have sold more than 6 million books and have Nicole Kidman's number in her phone but Liane Moriarty takes it all in her stride.
- by Karen Hardy
Top 10 business books, week ending September 9
Scott Pape's Barefoot Investor tops the business bestselling books chart
Giveaways
GIVEAWAYS: Win tickets to the movie American Animals, to the Fitness Show Melbourne, or win Nightball footy or soccer packages
- by Kay Stewart
Food
Recipes: 8 weeks to WOW, by Emilie Brabon-Hames and Chief Brabon
Recipes from these elite trainers will set you on the right body transformation path, and taste delicious too.
Inside the head of an author: If the reader is to be disturbed, then so must I
Creating dark characters can take an emotional toll on an author and his family.
- by Ross Watkins
UK
Big reads are missing on Booker Prize's shortlist
The 2018 Man Booker Prize judges have complained that many of the books submitted were too long-winded.
- by Anita Singh
The Overstory review: Richard Powers' latest novel is the Moby-Dick of trees
Richard Powers has been at the forefront of American fiction for years and with this capacious, poetic and generously accessible hymn to the wonder and complexity of trees, he is set to become a household name everywhere else.
- by Gregory Day
Turning Pages: Why we need to read in a different way
There is still a reading community that lauds "difficult" books, but it's small and shrinking, says novelist Charlotte Wood.
- by Jane Sullivan