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One simple question brought a roster of big names to town
This weekend will be the inaugural Central Coast writer’s festival, which includes guests such as Richard Fidler, Nikki Gemmell and Vivian Pham.
- by Billie Eder
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Perth woman scoops $20K book prize for under-35s – with a week to spare
Brooke Dunnell took home the $20,000 cash prize from the Fogarty Foundation and a publishing contract with Fremantle Press for her manuscript The Glass House.
‘Yes, I swim in the Yarra River and you should too’
“I surface with a yelp of shock and exhilaration and blow the water droplets from my lips before they dribble inside. A kayaker glides past. ‘You’re game!’ he says. ‘Yep,’ I puff.”
- by Claire Dunn
‘I’m kinda daffy-happy right now’: Rickie Lee Jones gets a second chance
The hurt over her split with Tom Waits was just one of the things that gave way as ‘The Duchess of Cool’ wrote her memoir.
- by Michael Dwyer
Matt Nable’s new bush crime novel takes us back to a more difficult time
There’s definitely something fishy going on in Matt Nable’s third novel, set in 1960s Darwin.
- by Sue Turnbull
‘US nonsense’, David Boon, silage: how to enrage crossword fanatics
All’s fair if you set cryptic crosswords, says David Astle. But his mailbox shows the indignant and loyalist nature of crossword fans.
- by David Astle
Turns out I’m not Toni Collette, after all
Acting looked easy until I had to try it myself.
- by Monica Dux
Fiction: The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison and other titles
The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison is a feel-good novel drawn with sharp-eyed humour and affection.
- by Kerryn Goldsworthy
Nonfiction reviews: The Dragons, the Giant, the Women and other titles
Wayetu Moore’s inventive memoir and other new releases.
- by Steven Carroll
Flock: First Nations Stories Then and Now
Sardonic humor abounds throughout these First Nations short stories.
- by Declan Fry
A memoir that speaks to the social moment
While some of Morton’s chapters lack a sense of insightful resolution, many will find his journey of self-discovery resonant.
- by Jonathan Green