Literature
Flock: First Nations Stories Then and Now
Sardonic humor abounds throughout these First Nations short stories.
- by Declan Fry
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Lisa Taddeo’s first novel is a raw depiction of female rage
Author Lisa Taddeo’s debut novel follows a woman’s journey from prey to predator.
- by Jane Sullivan
What was once private has gone public – now the book industry faces a crisis
Publish and be damned, goes the old saying. But increasingly the damnation is coming from within industry offices, and is stopping some books from coming out at all.
- by Jane Sullivan
How a small caterpillar with a big appetite changed children’s literature forever
Diary of a Wombat author Jackie French says reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar “one more time” has never been a chore.
- by Jackie French
Oh to become someone new: Nikki Gemmell’s cinematic tale of intrigue
Nikki Gemmell’s latest novel, while historical fiction, has strong resonance today, says Jessie Tu.
- by Jessie Tu
Eric Carle, author of picture book classic ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’, dies at 91
Carle was going to write about a hungry worm but changed his lead character to a caterpillar on his editor’s advice.
- by Mark Kennedy
Bronte family manuscripts, unseen for a century, to be auctioned
The trove will be auctioned as part of what Sotheby’s is billing as the sale of a legendary “lost library” of British literature treasures.
- by Jennifer Schuessler
Lily Brett looks back on life from the vantage point of her 70s
The novelist and poet indulges in post-Trump self-absorption after more than 30 years of living in New York.
- by Helen Elliott
Non-fiction: Bad People & How to Be Rid of Them and three other titles
Geoffrey Robertson’s latest book examines the origins of the Magnitsky Law that is designed to penalise human rights abusers.
- by Steven Carroll
Fiction: Male Tears by Benjamin Myers and three more titles
The landscape features prominently in Benjamin Myers’ collection of short stories.
- by Kerryn Goldsworthy
Saying goodbye to two surprising Australian women writers
Two much admired Australian writers who wrote very different types of books died within a few days of each other.
- by Jane Sullivan