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Graeme Simsion completes his mega-selling Rosie trilogy
Graeme Simsion has made the subject of autism front and centre of his third Rosie Result. "To write a book now that skirted around discussion of autism would be disingenuous."
- by Jason Steger
Vale
Award-winning author Andrew McGahan dies aged 52
Andrew McGahan, the author of Praise, The White Earth and four other novels, has died.
- by Jason Steger
Detention centres
'We are part of Australian history': Behrouz Boochani, voice of exile
"Right now, unfortunately, the situation on Manus is even more critical. Almost every day there are suicide attempts and incidents of self-harm."
- by Arnold Zable
Bookmarks: The emasculating of the Booker Prize
The Man group has severed its long links with the Booker Prize
- by Jason Steger
Anniversaries review: Uwe Johnson's masterpiece makes its debut in English
Anniversaries aims to be comprehensive on every topic it takes up — among them, village life in post-war Germany, housing segregation on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and media coverage of Vietnam.
- by Parul Sehgal
Behrouz Boochani wins $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature
Behrouz Boochani has mixed feeling about winning the $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature.
- by Jason Steger
Publishing
'Disturbing': government intervenes in Melbourne Uni publishing turmoil
The Andrews government has called on the University of Melbourne to reverse its "disturbing" decision to overhaul its publishing arm, which prompted the resignation of influential chief executive Louise Adler.
- by Henrietta Cook & Clay Lucas
Publishing
'It's a sad day': Melbourne Uni Publishing board quit amid turmoil
Former NSW premier Bob Carr said the independent publisher had been replaced with a "a boutique, cloistered press for scholars only."
- by Henrietta Cook & Jason Steger
Literature Prizes
How a Manus Island refugee became eligible for Australia's richest writing prize
Behrouz Boochani, the refugee who has been incarcerated on Manus Island for the past five years, will find out on Thursday whether he has won Australia's richest writing prize.
- by Jason Steger
Tiberius with a Telephone review: Patrick Mullins' life of a neglected PM
Patrick Mullins debunks the perception that Billy McMahon was little more than a one-dimensional figure dismissed as "wee Willie", or "Billy big ears".
- by Duncan Hughes