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‘Misogynistic massacre’: Sydney Writers’ Festival closing address dedicated to Bondi Junction victims

‘Misogynistic massacre’: Sydney Writers’ Festival closing address dedicated to Bondi Junction victims

A feminist author used her closing address to call out “himpathy”, where men who commit violence receive “disproportionate and undue sympathy”.

  • by Helen Pitt

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This clever novel brings cosy crime to Australia

This clever novel brings cosy crime to Australia

The regional town of Welcome would seem an unlikely location for a murder. Aoife Clifford’s new book is a nicely judged crime caper.

  • by Sue Turnbull
I’m not cancelling my favourite books, despite my dark skin troubling their authors
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I’m not cancelling my favourite books, despite my dark skin troubling their authors

I can’t cancel the stories of my childhood. Great stories can survive the sins of their writers.

  • by Satara Uthayakumaran
A clever novel that isn’t afraid to poke fun at itself

A clever novel that isn’t afraid to poke fun at itself

Kaveh Akbar’s book Martyr! is a delight because it manages to embrace seriousness and irreverence, darkness and light.

  • by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
This Australian psychological thriller examines death penalty with a horrific twist

This Australian psychological thriller examines death penalty with a horrific twist

Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction releases, including an engaging account of the seven Cleopatras and Geoffrey Robertson’s crisply argued case for prosecuting Putin.

  • by Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll
This retelling of Huckleberry Finn is a masterful satire of race

This retelling of Huckleberry Finn is a masterful satire of race

Percival Everett tells the story of Mark Twain’s classic from the point of view of Jim, the runaway slave who befriends Huck.

  • by Declan Fry
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The day I shopped for hair products with Booker Prize winner Paul Lynch
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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
This memoir on grief is a treasure chest of honesty and raw humanity

This memoir on grief is a treasure chest of honesty and raw humanity

When her partner of 25 years died, Nova Weetman found the necessity of work and her two children kept her connected to reality.

  • by Michael McGirr
These are the 10 events not to miss at Sydney Writers’ Festival

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
Determined, tone-deaf and glib: Rebel Wilson tells her own story

Determined, tone-deaf and glib: Rebel Wilson tells her own story

Wilson is a talented actor, but she can’t replicate that talent in her memoir.

  • by Stephen Brook
Australia leads the world in the use of this oxymoronic term
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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