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Gerald Murnane breaks his duck and wins the PM's award for fiction
Gerald Murnane has won his first significant fiction prize with what he says is his final novel, Border Districts.
- by Jason Steger
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Books that Changed Me: Chris Masters
Journalist Chris Masters was enriched by his encounters with Geoffrey Blainey, author of The Tyranny of Distance.
Top 10 best-selling history and military books
Mutiny on the Bounty by Peter FitzSimons tops the History & Military bestsellers chart.
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
Bookmarks: Jock Serong wins the Staunch Prize
The inaugural winner of Britain's Staunch Prize is an Australian, Jock Serong.
- by Jason Steger
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Good Weekend's cool summer reading round-up
Give yourself a break and book yourself some downtime these holidays.
- by Nicole Abadee
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Why Sally Rooney is a 'voice for Millennial fiction'
This "will they, won't they" love story has cemented the author's reputation as the “Salinger for the Snapchat generation”.
- by Annie Brown
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Places of the heart: why we love our neighbourhoods in summer
Seven writers share the alluring secrets of the places they call home.
New Jerusalem review: Paul Ham's account of the siege of Munster
Paul Ham tells the story of Münster and its people with passion, compassion and a vivid eye for the physical details of a town in crisis.
- by Jennifer Spinks
The Labyrinth of the Spirits review: Carlos Ruiz Zafon brings his saga to an end
Carlos Ruiz Zafon and his characters are the heirs of Cervantes, preserving the books that are the target of the burners, those who attempt to scorch and torture away memories, feelings, the humane spirit.
- by Juliette Hughes
John Curtin's War, Vol II review: John Edwards completes his magisterial history
This second volume of John Edwards' magisterial political and military history recounts how John Curtin grapples not just with our bitterly bellicose Asiatic enemy but also with our relatively new and powerful friend, America.
- by Ross Fitzgerald