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Books that Changed Me: Alison Binks
Marilynne Robinson's Gilead gave Alison Binks insight into the whole notion of an interior life.
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Australia's top selling gardening books
Habitat by A.B. Bishop tops the Australian gardening books bestsellers chart
Peter James: The mystery caller who set me on a 30-year quest
Peter James' latest thriller was prompted by a mysterious phone call but it took him 30 years to write.
- by Peter Stanford
Litbits: Happenings in the Canberra literary scene, November 17, 2018
Here's what's going on around Canberra in the world of literature this month.
- by Karen Hardy
Wordplay: why words are David Astle's favourite plasticine
Why the best career ever is to be insatiably romantic about the semantic.
- by David Astle
From orchids to pyromania: Susan Orlean on her book about the LA library fire
No one has done more than Susan Orlean in The Library Book to correct the impression that librarians are a dull breed.
- by Caroline Baum
Unsheltered review: Barbara Kingsolver and the problem of Donald Trump
Barbara Kingsolver's new novel is one of the first major works of fiction about the Trump era.
- by Helen Sullivan
The chance encounter that led to a TV adaptation 25 years later
Isobelle Carmody's award-winning book The Gathering is being transformed for television. But there's a twist.
- by Broede Carmody
Arts
Extraordinary true story of a combat cameraman wins literary prize
A ''drama-documentary'' featuring the war experiences of combat cameraman Mike Lewis has won a major literary award.
- by Linda Morris
Beneath the Skin review: Essays on what goes on inside our bodies
The most surprising thing to emerge from this collection of essays on the inner life of the flesh is just how expendable are many of our body parts.
- by Fiona Capp
On Patriotism review: Paul Daley on the foundations Australia can be proud of
Paul Daley explores the stories we tell ourselves about who we are
- by Fiona Capp