Literature
‘It only takes one’: How Australian crime writing took over the world
Fifteen years ago, a very senior UK publisher told me that he would happily accept a crime novel set anywhere in the world except here.
- by Michael Robotham
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‘Up There with Harry Potter’: The man who stormed the bestseller list
The author at the top of the Australian bestseller list is something of a surprise, as is how he got there.
- by Jason Steger
In a frank memoir, a writer tackles how trauma shows up in the body
With her book, My Body Keeps Your Secrets, Lucia Osborne-Crowley wants to help readers inhabit their own lives and real selves again.
- by Natasha Mitchell
Cute Japanese fiction and a history of the Gothic: What to read next
Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp have cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction offerings.
- by Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp
Loved All the Light We Cannot See? Here’s Anthony Doerr’s follow-up
The bestselling author’s new novel is full of hope for the future of humanity.
- by Liam Pieper
Straight to the readers: how writers are finding alternatives to books
Authors are looking for other channels in which to publish their work.
- by Jane Sullivan
Judicious selection or riotous shopping trips? The story of libraries
A history of the library has plenty to offer but also takes some missteps along the way.
- by Stuart Kells
‘What is the power of my body?’ Emily Ratajkowski’s honest reckoning
The model deconstructs her relationship with her body in a new collection of essays.
- by Jenna Guillaume
Claudia Karvan is on the trail of the great Australian novel
The actor and TV producer adds another string to her bow as presenter of a three-part ABC series on Australian literature.
- by Melinda Houston
‘It buys me writing time’: authors call for library ebook compensation
A fund that compensates Australian authors for books borrowed from libraries is becoming increasingly inequitable – because it ignores ebooks and audiobooks.
- by Nick Miller
The rugby league has-been with a direct line to great American poets
Brendan Cowell’s hero gets help from an array of literary Americans in Plum.
- by Jessie Tu