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The day I shopped for hair products with Booker Prize winner Paul Lynch
Booker Prize winner 2023 Paul Lynch is in Australia to talk about his award-winning book Prophet Song.
- by Helen Pitt
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These are the 10 events not to miss at Sydney Writers’ Festival
This year’s literary feast offers a tantalising menu for lovers of all sorts of writing.
- by Jason Steger
Dicey Topics
Good Weekend
Writer Marian Keyes on pushing through depression’s ‘numb bubble’
One of Ireland’s most successful authors talks candidly about overcoming mental health challenges, giving writing “a go” – and her definition of success.
- by Benjamin Law
Opinion
WordPlay
Australia leads the world in the use of this oxymoronic term
During this year’s budget there was one recurrent word association that appeared more than others.
- by David Astle
Colm Toibin didn’t think he’d write a Brooklyn sequel. So why has he?
The Irish writer’s latest novel returns to the world of Eilis Lacey.
- by Jason Steger
Three writers named 2024 Best Young Australian Novelists
Now in its 28th year, the prize is given to an Australian writer of fiction aged 35 or under.
- by Melanie Kembrey
A frantic call from a sinking ship: this novel opens with a coroner’s report
Miles Franklin winner Shankari Chandran has an agenda in her new book Safe Haven, as our desire not to see has only been strengthened.
- by Helen Elliott
He’s written 38 novels - but there’s one big reason you hardly even see his name on a movie script
The former LA Times crime writer turned bestselling author has written 38 novels, some of which are now movies and TV series. He’s in Australia this month.
- by Helen Pitt
Fiction is a sort of warning call, and we’re ignoring history
American writer Celeste Ng’s first two novels were realist domestic fiction, but her third was a more political creation.
- by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
What are the secret ingredients of the ‘romantasy’ genre? Sex and spice
The latest literature genre is a blend of romance and fantasy, and it’s proving to be a bestselling phenomenon.
- by Jane Sullivan
As a reporter, I sought out crime. But then crime found me
Writers K Patrick, Winnie Dunn, Jake Adelstein and Mirandi Riwoe on the theme of this year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival, Take Me Away.